Chiefly, I want you to be more frank.
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Frank
//fɹæŋk//
Synonyms for "frank" (244 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
earthyeffusiveexpansiveexplicitexpressextrovertedfairflipfluentforthrightfourth-class mailfrankfurterfrankheartedfreefree spokenfree-speakingfree-spokenfree-tonguedfrontgabby
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garrulousgassygenuineglibgooselivergossipygregariousgrossguilelessgushygutterhalfpenny postheadcheeseheart-to-hearthomelyhomespunhonesthot dogimpartialingenuingenuousinnocentjunk mailjustknockwurstleanletterletter postlettersliver sausageliverwurstlong windedlong-windedloquaciouslowmailmail-order sellingmailing listmatter-of-factmultiloquentmultiloquiousnaivenaturalneatnewspaper postnewsyobvious
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (122)
on the levelopenopenheartedoutgoingoutspokenovertalkativeparcel postplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplainspokenpostpost daypostagepostage stampppprolixprosaicprosing
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prosypurerankrawrdregistered mailrfdroundrural deliveryrural free deliveryrusticsalamisaucissesausagesavscrupuloussea mailseapostself-revealingself-revelatoryseveresimplesimple-speakingsimpleheartedsimplemindedsinceresinglesingle mindedsingle-heartedsingle-mindedsmoothsobersociablesparespartanspecial deliveryspecial handlingstampstarkstraightstraight from shoulderstraight outstraight-outstraightforwardsurface mailtalkativetalkytransparenttrustfultrustingtruthfulunabashedunadornedunaffectedunbiaseduncheckedunconcealedunconstraineduncouthundisguisedundissembledundissemblingunequivocalunguardedunhamperedunimaginativeuninhibitedunmanneredunpoeticalunrepressedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictedunreticentunsecretiveunshrinkingunsilentunsophisticatedunsuppressedunsuspiciousunvarnishedunwaryuprightverbosevienna sausagevolublevulgarweeniewienerwienerwurstwieniewindy
Adjective(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
15 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- frâng noun (one of the Franks)
- frëng noun (one of the Franks)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Φράγγος noun (one of the Franks)
Arabic
2 entries- فْرَنْك name (male given name)
- إِفْرَنْجِيّ noun (one of the Franks)
Armenian
2 entries- ֆրանկ name (male given name)
- ֆրանկ noun (one of the Franks)
Belarusian
2 entries- адкры́ты adj (bluntly honest)
- шчы́ры adj (bluntly honest)
Bengali
1 entries- ফ্রাংক noun (one of the Franks)
Bulgarian
3 entries- и́скрен adj (bluntly honest)
- Франк name (male given name)
- Франк name (surname)
Catalan
2 entries- franc adj (bluntly honest)
- franc noun (one of the Franks)
Cebuano
1 entries- Prangkoy name (diminutive)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 坦白 adj (bluntly honest)
- 坦誠 /坦诚 adj (bluntly honest)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 坦白 adj (bluntly honest)
- 坦誠 /坦诚 adj (bluntly honest)
- 真誠 /真诚 adj (bluntly honest)
- 弗蘭克 /弗兰克 name (male given name)
Czech
1 entries- upřímný adj (bluntly honest)
Danish
4 entries- ligefrem adj (bluntly honest)
- oprigtig adj (bluntly honest)
- Frank name (male given name)
- franker noun (one of the Franks)
Dutch
4 entries- eerlijk adj (bluntly honest)
- open adj (bluntly honest)
- openhartig adj (bluntly honest)
- oprecht adj (bluntly honest)
Esperanto
4 entries- malkaŝa adj (bluntly honest)
- malkaŝema adj (bluntly honest)
- franko noun (one of the Franks)
- afranki verb (to place a frank on an envelope)
Finnish
3 entries- suora adj (bluntly honest)
- frankki noun (one of the Franks)
- frankeerata verb (to place a frank on an envelope)
French
4 entries- franc adj (bluntly honest)
- Franck name (male given name)
- Frank name (male given name)
- François name (male given name)
Galician
4 entries- franca adj (bluntly honest)
- franco adj (bluntly honest)
- Franco name (male given name)
- Franco name (surname)
Georgian
3 entries- ფრანკი name (male given name)
- ფრენკი name (male given name)
- ფრანკი noun (one of the Franks)
German
4 entries- aufrichtig adj (bluntly honest)
- ehrlich adj (bluntly honest)
- offen adj (bluntly honest)
- Frank name (male given name)
Greek
2 entries- Φρανκ name (male given name)
- Φράγκος noun (one of the Franks)
Hawaiian
1 entries- Palani name (male given name)
Hebrew
3 entries- גלוי־לב adj (bluntly honest)
- כן adj (bluntly honest)
- פְרַנְק name (male given name)
Hindi
1 entries- मुँहफट adj (bluntly honest)
Hungarian
3 entries- nyílt adj (bluntly honest)
- őszinte adj (bluntly honest)
- bérmentesít verb (to place a frank on an envelope)
Icelandic
2 entries- Frank name (male given name)
- franki noun (one of the Franks)
Irish
2 entries- oscailteach adj (bluntly honest)
- Franc noun (one of the Franks)
Italian
3 entries- franca adj (bluntly honest)
- franco adj (bluntly honest)
- Franco name (male given name)
Japanese
4 entries- はっきり言う adj (bluntly honest)
- フランク name (male given name)
- フランク人 noun (one of the Franks)
- フランク族 noun (one of the Franks)
Korean
3 entries- 프랑크 name (male given name)
- 프랭크 name (male given name)
- 프랑크인 noun (one of the Franks)
Latin
1 entries- Francus noun (one of the Franks)
Latvian
1 entries- atklāts adj (bluntly honest)
Macedonian
1 entries- искрен adj (bluntly honest)
Manx
1 entries- Frank name (male given name)
Marathi
3 entries- फ्रँक name (male given name)
- फ्रँक name (surname)
- फ्रँक noun (one of the Franks)
Māori
3 entries- māhorahora adj (bluntly honest)
- tinihangakore adj (bluntly honest)
- tāpane verb (to place a frank on an envelope)
Norman
1 entries- franc adj (bluntly honest)
Norwegian
2 entries- frank adj (bluntly honest)
- Frank name (male given name)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- franker noun (one of the Franks)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- frankar noun (one of the Franks)
Persian
1 entries- فرانک name (male given name)
Polish
2 entries- otwarty adj (bluntly honest)
- szczery adj (bluntly honest)
Portuguese
4 entries- franco adj (bluntly honest)
- Chico name (diminutive)
- Franco name (male given name)
- Frank name (male given name)
Romanian
2 entries- franc adj (bluntly honest)
- sincer adj (bluntly honest)
Russian
4 entries- и́скренний adj (bluntly honest)
- открове́нный adj (bluntly honest)
- откры́тый adj (bluntly honest)
- Франк name (male given name)
Sanskrit
2 entries- ऋजु adj (bluntly honest)
- फिरङ्गिन् noun (one of the Franks)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- iskren adj (bluntly honest)
- искрен adj (bluntly honest)
Slovak
1 entries- úprimný adj (bluntly honest)
Slovene
2 entries- iskren adj (bluntly honest)
- odkrit adj (bluntly honest)
Spanish
3 entries- franco adj (bluntly honest)
- Franco name (male given name)
- franco noun (one of the Franks)
Swedish
4 entries- rättfram adj (bluntly honest)
- uppriktig adj (bluntly honest)
- Frank name (male given name)
- frank noun (one of the Franks)
Tagalog
1 entries- prangka adj (bluntly honest)
Thai
1 entries- ฟรังค์ name (male given name)
Turkish
1 entries- Frenk noun (one of the Franks)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відве́ртий adj (bluntly honest)
- щи́рий adj (bluntly honest)
Volapük
1 entries- stedälik adj (bluntly honest)
Welsh
1 entries- Ffranc noun (one of the Franks)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿראַנק name (surname)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Frank was waiting with pleasure for the date in the evening.
Source: tatoeba (34192)
Frank can't have been ill. He was playing tennis all day.
Source: tatoeba (34193)
Frank majored in sociology at university.
Source: tatoeba (34194)
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