STRAIGHTFORWARD Synonyms

• readily apparent to the mind

• allowing light to pass through

• accurately stated or described

• free from clouds or mist or haze

• the state of being free of suspicion

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• entirely

• in an easily perceptible manner

• free from confusion or doubt

• affording free passage or view

• free from contact or proximity or connection

• characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)

• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

• (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• free of restrictions or qualifications

• free from flaw or blemish or impurity

• clear of charges or deductions

• easily deciphered

• freed from any question of guilt

• characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving

• rid of obstructions

• make a way or path by removing objects

• become clear

• grant authorization or clearance for

• remove

• go unchallenged; be approved

• be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts

• go away or disappear

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment

• clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.

• yield as a net profit

• make as a net profit

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• sell to get rid of

• pass an inspection or receive authorization

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• settle, as of a debt

• make clear, bright, light, or translucent

• rid of instructions or data

• remove (people) from a building

• remove the occupants of

• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• directly and without evasion; not roundabout

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

• a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

• a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

• device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

• clearly manifest; evident

• stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

• exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• without dissimulation; frank

• worthy of being depended on

• without pretensions

• not forged

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

• affording free passage or access

• used of mouth or eyes

• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open and observable; not secret or hidden

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• where the air is unconfined

• a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

• information that has become public

• with no protection or shield

• open to or in view of all

• not having been filled

• accessible to all

• not defended or capable of being defended

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• having no protecting cover or enclosure

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not sealed or having been unsealed

• without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

• not requiring union membership

• possibly accepting or permitting

• affording free passage or view

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

• ready for business

• cause to open or to become open

• start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

• become open

• begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• make available

• become available

• have an opening or passage or outlet

• make the opening move

• afford access to

• display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

• so thin as to transmit light

• free of deceit

• easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

• having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• clearly defined or formulated

• frank and honest

• in an honest manner

• without concealment or deception; honest

• having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

• the product of two equal terms

• an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

• something approximating the shape of a square

• someone who doesn't understand what is going on

• a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

• any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

• a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

• in a straight direct way

• in a square shape

• firmly and solidly

• providing abundant nourishment

• leaving no balance

• without evasion or compromise

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• make square

• raise to the second power

• cause to match, as of ideas or acts

• position so as to be square

• be compatible with

• pay someone and settle a debt

• turn the paddle; in canoeing

• turn the oar, while rowing

• having no deviations

• (of hair) having no waves or curls

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• no longer coiled

• free from curves or angles

• a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without deviation

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• in a straight line; in a direct course

• successive (without a break)

• erect in posture

• in keeping with the facts

• neatly arranged; not disorderly

• not homosexual

• accurately fitted; level

• without evasion or compromise

• (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• following a correct or logical method

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned