straight

straight
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unbent (see straightness); upright, honorable; honest, straightforward; regular, undiluted, unmodified; consecutive, seriatim; proper, correct; informal, heterosexual. See probity, purity, sequence, sex. Ant., curved, crooked, dishonest; gay, lesbian, bisexual. —adv. at once, directly. See instantaneity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Not curved or twisted]
Syn. rectilinear, vertical, perpendicular, rectilineal, plumb, upright, erect, in line with, unbent, in a line, on a line, in a row, inflexible, undeviating, even, level.
Ant. bent*, curved, curving.
2. [Direct]
Syn. uninterrupted, continuous, through; see direct 1 .
3. [Correct]
Syn. right, orderly, exact; see accurate 1 .
4. [Honest]
Syn. good, reliable, honorable; see decent 2 , honest 1 , moral 1 , upright 2 .
5. [Unmixed]
Syn. out-and-out, undiluted, plain, neat; see concentrated 1 , pure 1 .
go straight*,
Syn. obey the law, avoid crime, live a decent life; see behave 2 .
the straight and narrow path,
Syn. good conduct, proper behavior, righteousness, morality; see honesty 1 , virtue 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. unbent undeviating, linear, direct, even, vertical, horizontal, in line, plumb, square, aligned.
2. honest straightforward, frank, candid, upfront, forthright, trustworthy, reliable, sincere.
3. undiluted pure, whole, unmodified, unmixed, *neat.
4. continuous nonstop, unbroken, sustained, uninterrupted, consecutive, constant.
5. orderly in good order, neat, arranged.
6. Sl. *square conventional, conformist, conservative.
ANT.: 1. bent, curving, wavy, deviating. 2. dishonest, unreliable, insincere. 3. diluted, mixed, modified. 4. interrupted, broken. 5. messy, sloppy. 6. *hip, unconventional, *cool, wild
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Proceeding or lying in an uninterrupted line or course: direct, straightforward, through. See STRAIGHT. 2. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flat, flush, level, planar, plane1, smooth. See SMOOTH. 3. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-toman, open, plainspoken, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal: straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See CLEAR, SHOW. 4. Conforming to established practice or standards: button-down, conformist, conventional, establishmentarian, orthodox, traditional. Slang: square. See USUAL. 5. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: full-strength, neat, plain, pure, unblended, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN, STRONG. II adverb 1. In a direct line: dead, direct, directly, due, right, straightaway. See STRAIGHT. 2. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely. Slang: smack-dab. See PRECISE.

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