frank

frank
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. ingenuous, candid, straightforward, forthright, sincere, open. See truth.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. candid, straightforward, sincere, open, forthright, outspoken, direct, honest, artless, free, easy, familiar, free in speaking, unreserved, undissembling, uninhibited, unguarded, downright, aboveboard, ingenuous, unsophisticated, unaffected, plain, apparent, open-faced, saying what one thinks, straight, plain-spoken, free-spoken, natural, guileless, blunt, bold, openhearted, matter-of-fact, explicit, straight from the shoulder*, flat-out*, straight-out*, calling a spade a spade*, upfront*.
Ant. secretive*, dishonest, insincere.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
honest, straightforward, candid, open, *straight from the heart, direct, blunt, plain, explicit, outspoken, unequivocal, unambiguous, sincere, forthright.
ANT.: indirect, mealymouthed, insincere, euphemistic, disguised
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, downright, forthright, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal: straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See CLEAR, SHOW.

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