Synonyms for "plain-speaking" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

articulateasceticausterebaldbarecandidcommoncommonplacedirect

Strong matches (14)

drydulleloquentfrankfree spokenhomelyhomespunleannaturalneatopenoutspokenplainplain spoken

Related words (22)

Adjective(1 words)

plain-spoken

prosaicprosypurerusticseveresimplesobersoft spokensparespartanspeakingstarkstraightforwardtalkativetalkingunadornedunaffectedunimaginativeunpoeticalunvarnished

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well-spoken

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Plain-speaking is not my forte.

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