Straightforward

Definition: Straightforward

Straightforward

Adjective

1. Free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions".

2. Without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears".

3. Without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs".

4. Pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze".

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Date "straightforward" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Straightforward

Artlessness

Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.

Direction

Adjective: directed; Verb: directed towards; pointing towards; Verb: bound for; aligned, with alligned with; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly; n.

Probity

Straightforward; (ingenuous); frank, candid, open-hearted.

Veracity

Adjective: truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous; (honorable); sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling; (dissemble; ); guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous; (artless); undisguised; (real).

Crosswords: Straightforward

Also some fairly straightforward ones. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

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Books

• Holman Concise Bible Commentary: Simple, Straightforward Commentary on Every Book of the Bible (Holman Reference) (reference)

• Mathematical Analysis : A Straightforward Approach (reference)

• The Essentials of California Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines (The Essentials of Series) (reference)

• The Wizard of Work: 88 Pages to Your Next Job: A Simple, Straightforward Job-Search Book for People Who'd Rather Be Working Than Reading a Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

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South front and east side. Photograph by David Johnson, March 29, 1981. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KANS,21-HOPE.V,1-B-2) As with the one-room schoolhouse, the single-family farm complexes that dot the American landscape are symbols of our rural heritage. The simple and straightforward structure of this barn is typical of the utilitarian character of agrarian buildings. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Javert, with his straightforward power of instinct, went directly to the bridge of Austerlitz.

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Health

We know there is a genetic component to ALPS. However, the development of ALPS in families with mutations in apoptosis genes is not straightforward. (references)

Older people often do not present their complaints to their primary care physicians in ways that make the diagnosis and treatment of depression straightforward. (references)

Business

However, this has not always been a straightforward process. (references)

This is a very straightforward process with no complications. (references)

Licensing for specialized English training centers is straightforward. (references)

Civil Liberties

Algeria

The government-controlled press reports on terrorism in an increasingly straightforward and accurate manner. (references)

Economic History

Panama

Business tends to be direct and straightforward. (references)

Hong Kong

Reporting requirements are straightforward and not onerous. (references)

Trade

Spain

Opening irrevocable letters of credit is a straightforward process in Spain through which importers can insure against exchange risk with their banks. (references)

Bangladesh

These opportunities can either be in the context of straightforward procurement of goods by government agencies and parastatals, increasingly financed by the government itself or by donor agencies. (references)

Travel

Singapore

Business discussions are usually conducted in a very straightforward manner. (references)

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Expressions using "straightforward": straightforward advice ♦ straightforward answer. Additional references.

Beginning with "straightforward": straightforward-junction, straightforward-technological.

Ending with "straightforward": non-straightforward.

Albanian

i ndershëm (clean, clean-living, disinterested, fair, fair and square, fair dealing, guileless, honest, honorable, honourable, incorrupt, on the level, scrupulous, sportsmanlike, stainless, whole-souled), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, direct, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, low, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, plain, public, unclosed, uncovered), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستقيم (correct, direct, erect, honest, right, stand up, straight, through, upright), ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏أمين (fair, faithful, honest, in his right mind, level, reasonable), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious), ‏بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, honest, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, modest, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, plain, primitive, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, with distortion). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), разбираем (apprehensible, cogitable, comprehensible, intelligent, intelligible, lucid, luminous, pellucid, plain, scrutable, understandable), честен (above board, clean-fingered, downright, fair, fair dealing, foursquare, honest, honorable, honourable, loyal, right, righteous, single, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, truthful, upstanding, veracious, white, worthy), открит (above board, bare, bleak, demonstrative, discovered, exposed, free for all, ingenuous, obvious, open, open air, openhearted, outspoken, overt, public, straight, transparent, unclosed, uncovered, unscreened, unshaded, wind swept), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, unaffected, unreserved), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, low, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), порядъчен (considerable, nice, orderly, respectable, sober, steady, tidy, upright, well-regulated). (various references)

Catalan

senzill (simple). (various references)

Chinese 

直接 (Direct, firsthand, immediacy, immediate, self-activating, straight), 直截了當 (blunt, plain-talking), 爽 (bright, clear, frank, invigorating, open), 乾脆 (clear-cut). (various references)

Czech

upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), pravdivý (just, true, truthful), poctivý (decent, fair, honest, honorable, honourable, righteous, Square, straight, upright, upstanding), přímoèarý (linear), přímý (above board, direct, downright, firsthand, forthright, head on, immediate, nonstop, non-stop, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, Square, straight, through, upright), otevřený (above board, avowed, barefaced, blunt, direct, Frank, free-spoken, honest, open, open-hearted, outspoken, overt, plainspoken, raw, unclosed, undone, unreserved). (various references)

Danish

enkelt (simple, single). (various references)

Dutch

eenvoudig (simple), aalwarig (fretful, morose, peevish, rash, simple, sullen), aalwaardig (fretful, morose, peevish, rash, simple, sullen). (various references)

Esperanto

simpla (simple). (various references)

Faeroese

einfaldur (simple). (various references)

Farsi 

سرراست (Stark, Upstanding), اسان (Easy, Easygoing, Eath, Light), رک (Blunt, Frank, Outspoken, Stark, Straight), راست (Bolt, Erect, Prick, Right, Sheer, Straight, True, Upright, Wooden), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole), بی پرده (Blunt, Frank, Pert, Straight). (various references)

Finnish

yksinkertainen (by single entry, naļve, plain, simple, simple-minded, single, uncomplicated). (various references)

French

simple. (various references)

Frisian

ienfâldich (simple). (various references)

German

einfach (easily, easy, elemental, elementary, facile, frugal, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, just, no-frills, one way, ordinary, plain, plainly, quiet, rude, simple, simpleminded, simply, single, single entry, uncluttered, uncomplex, uncomplicated, unit, unpretentious, unpretentiously, unsophisticated). (various references)

Greek 

έντιμοσ (equitable, honest, honorable, honourable, respectable, Square, upright, upstanding), ειλικρινήσ (candid, direct, forthright, hearty, open, open-faced, outspoken, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, true blue, whole-hearted), ευθώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

ישר� י, ישר לב (righteous), ישר (direct, right, straight), פשוט (common, elementary, lowly, matter of fact, neat, obvious, ordinary, petty, plain, simple, simplification, simply, unvarnished), �'לוי לב (bluff, blunt, candid, candidness, candour, directness, expansive, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforwardness, unreserved), ברור (certain, clarification, clarity, clear, clearing, consideration, evident, evidently, explanation, implicit, manifest, obvious, obviously, patent, plain, selection, sharp). (various references)

Hungarian

egyenes (direct, downright, even, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, line, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, sincere, single-hearted, smooth, straight, straight/direct, straightaway), õszinte (above board, candid, disarming, downright, guileless, heart-felt, honest, ingenuous, naïve, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight out, transparent, unfeigned, ungrudging, whole-hearted). (various references)

Italian

semplice (artless, easy, greenly, homely, ingenuous, mere, modest, modeste, naive, ordinary, plain, rustic, simple, simpleminded, simply, single, unaffected, unit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

直截 (decisiveness, directness, frank, prompt), 正しい (correct, honest, just, perfect, proper, right, righteous, truthful). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

た� しい (correct, honest, just, perfect, proper, right, righteous, truthful), ちょくさい (decisiveness, directness, frank, imperial decision or sanction, prompt), ちょくせつ (decisiveness, direct, directness, firsthand, frank, immediate, personal, prompt). (various references)

Korean 

똑�"른. (various references)

Malay

sederhana (simple). (various references)

Manx

ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, earnest, faithful, forthcoming, frank, genuine, honest, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, sincere, truthful, undeviating), jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, downright, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring). (various references)

Pig Latin

aightforwardstray

Polish

zwykły, prosty (simple). (various references)

Portuguese

singelo (homely, plain, self-effacing, simple, unassuming), sincero (artless, candid, convinced, cordial, deep, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, earnest, frank, freehearted, guileless, heartfelt, hearty, honest, ingenuous, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straight, strong, true, true-hearted, unaffected, undisguised, unfeigned, unvarnished, whole-hearted, whole-souled), simples (artless, chaste, classic, classical, convenient, easy, frugal, green, guileless, homely, homespun, humble, ingenuous, innocent, inornate, matter-of-course, mere, modest, natural, onefold, outage, plain, primary, pure, regular, self-effacing, sheer, shirt-sleeve, simple, simple-hearted, single, singles, smattering, soft, sole, solitary, unaffected, unassuming, unlaboured, unostentatious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, unworldly), sério (abstemious, austere, convinced, demure, earnest, fair, important, respectable, sedate, serious, severe, single-eyed, single-minded, sober, solemn, staid, stern, straight, straightaway, temperate, thoughtful), reto (direct, even, fair, honest, impartial, just, recto, rectum, righteous, rightful, sincere, single-eyed, single-minded, square, straight, straightaway, virtuous), honesto (brave, clean, fair, gallant, honest, honorable, honourable, plain, respectable, righteous, sincere, single-eyed, single-hearted, single-minded, straight, straightaway, true-hearted, trustworthy), franco (above-board, bluff, candid, clear, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, forthright, franc, frank, freehearted, guileless, honest, ingenuous, large-hearted, non-partisan, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, plump, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal), direito (claim, correct, dexter, downright, dyed-in-the, endlong, entitlement, erect, freehearted, jurisprudence, justice, law, lien, respectable, right, righteous, righthand, royalty, standing, stand-up, straight, straightaway, title, unswerving, upright, upstanding, vertical, warrant), íntegro (clean-fingered, integrate, just, straightaway, uprightly). (various references)

Romanian

simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished). (various references)

Russian 

честный (above board, bona fide, clean-handed, downright, fair and square, fair dealing, forthright, honest, honorable, honourable, square shooter, straight, truepenny, upright, white-handed), откровенный (candid, downright, forthright, frank, freehearted, free-hearted, free-spoken, outgiving, outspoken, plainspoken, plain-spoken, self-confessed, unreserved), прямой (candid, direct, downright, erect, face-to-face, first hand, first-level, flat, forthright, free-spoken, lank, outright, outspoken, peer-to-peer, plain, plain dealer, straight, straight out, straightaway, straighted, straight-out, up and down, upright). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

iskren (above board, blunt, candid, childlike, downright, fair dealing, forthright, frank, free-spoken, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, sincere, single-hearted, straight). (various references)

Spanish

sencillo (easy, easygoing, homely, informal, naïve, onefold, primitive, quiet, shirt-sleeve, shirt-sleeved, simple, simple-hearted, small change), simple (a b c, a.b.c., abc, artless, bare, mere, plain, simple, simple minded, single). (various references)

Swedish

rättfram (bluff, broad, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, foursquare, outright, outspoken, round, straight out, upright). (various references)

Thai

โ�"ยตรง (directly, due, linear, right, straight), ตรงไปตรงมา (candid, direct, foursquare, straight, straightforwardly), ตรงไปข้างหน้า (straightforwardly), ง่ายๆ (simplex). (various references)

Turkish

kolay (cushy, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, flowing, open and shut, ready, simple, smooth, uncomplicated, unlaboured), hilesiz (above board, genuine, guileless, honest, unadulterated), doğru sözlü (truthful, veracious, veridical), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), basit (basic, countrified, crude, easy, elemental, elementary, everyday, facile, foolproof, frugal, frugally, homely, humble, jejune, potty, primitive, simple, simplex, simplificative, simplistic, small, undemanding, vulgar), basít (simple), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Turkmen 

gцnьmel. (various references)

Ukrainian

чесний (above board, bona fide, clean-fingered, clean-handed, conscientious, fair, fair dealing, faithful, honest, honorable, honourable, scrupulous, sincere, single minded, stainless, straight, upright, white-handed), прямий (above board, bald, barefaced, bounden, candid, direct, downright, erect, forthright, ostensive, outright, outspoken, perpendicular, plainspoken, point blank, spadish, straight, through), простий (artless, austere, babyish, bald, bare, childlike, mere, onefold, ordinary, plain, primary, prime, run of the mill, shirt-sleeve, simple, stateless, unaffected, unartful, unceremonious, unsophisticated). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thẳng thắn; cởi mở không phức tạp, th� nh thật (conscience, free-hearted, heart-to-heart, honestly, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, undisguised, undissembling). (various references)

directus. (various references)

erezu. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "straightforward": straightforwardly, straightforwardness, straightforwardnesses, straightforwards. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Straightforward" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: straighforward, straightforwar, straigthforward, strightforward. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-5 letters: rightwards.

+1 letter: straightforwards.

+2 letters: straightforwardly.

+4 letters: straightforwardness.