Definition of Straight
Adjective: straight (straighter,straightest) streyt
- Successive (without a break)
"sick for five straight days";
- consecutive
- Having no deviations
"straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
"her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
- Erect in posture
"sit straight";
- unbent, unbowed
- In keeping with the facts
"set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
- Characterized by honesty and fairness
"straight dealing";
- square
- No longer coiled
- uncoiled
- Free from curves or angles
"a straight line"
- Neatly arranged; not disorderly
"the room is straight now"
- Not homosexual
- Accurately fitted; level
"the window frame isn't quite straight";
- true
- Without evasion or compromise
"a straight contradiction";
- square, straightforward
- Without water
"took his whiskey straight";
- neat, full-strength
- Following a correct or logical method
"straight reasoning"
- Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- square
- Without deviation
"the path leads straight to the lake";
- directly, direct
- In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
"told me straight out";
- directly, flat
- In a straight line; in a direct course
"the road runs straight"
- A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, hetero
- A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- straightaway
See also:
straggly
straightarrow
Anagrams containing the word straight
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