Let's straighten up the desk.
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Straighten
//ˈstɹeɪtn̩//
Synonyms for "straighten" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
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Related words (37)
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67 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὐθύνω verb (to make straight)
- ὀρθόω verb (to make straight)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتَقَامَ verb (to become straight)
Aromanian
2 entries- ndreptu verb (to make straight)
- ndriptedz verb (to make straight)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изправям verb (to make straight)
- изправям се verb (to become straight)
- изправям се verb (to stand up)
Catalan
2 entries- adreçar verb (to make straight)
- redreçar verb (to make straight)
Dutch
4 entries- opspringen verb (to stand up)
- overeind springen verb (to stand up)
- recht worden verb (to become straight)
- rechten verb (to make straight)
Esperanto
1 entries- rektiĝi verb (to become straight)
Finnish
4 entries- oieta verb (to become straight)
- oikaista verb (to make straight)
- suoristaa verb (to make straight)
- suoristua verb (to become straight)
French
1 entries- redresser verb (to make straight)
Friulian
1 entries- dreçâ verb (to make straight)
Galician
2 entries- desempenar verb (to make straight)
- endereitar verb (to make straight)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyenesbe hoz verb (to put in order; to sort; to tidy up)
- elrendez verb (to put in order; to sort; to tidy up)
- feláll verb (to stand up)
- helyrehoz verb (to put in order; to sort; to tidy up)
Ido
1 entries- rektigar verb (to make straight)
Ingrian
3 entries- oikoa verb (to make straight)
- ojata verb (to make straight)
- ojeta verb (to become straight)
Italian
1 entries- drizzare verb (to make straight)
Māori
4 entries- whakatika verb (to make straight)
- whakatika verb (to become straight)
- whakatika verb (to stand up)
- whātika verb (to make straight)
Polish
2 entries- prostować verb (to make straight)
- wyprostować verb (to make straight)
Portuguese
2 entries- alisar verb (to make straight)
- endireitar verb (to make straight)
Romanian
1 entries- îndrepta verb (to make straight)
Russian
4 entries- вы́прямить verb (to make straight)
- вы́прямиться verb (to become straight)
- выпрямля́ть verb (to make straight)
- выпрямля́ться verb (to become straight)
Spanish
4 entries- arrectar verb (to make straight)
- desencorvar verb (to make straight)
- destorcer verb (to make straight)
- enderezar verb (to make straight)
Sundanese
1 entries- lelempeng verb (to make straight)
Swedish
1 entries- räta verb (to make straight)
Tamil
3 entries- நிமிர் verb (to become straight)
- நிமிர்த்து verb (to make straight)
- நிமிர்ந்து நில் verb (to stand up)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I want you to straighten up the environment a little more.
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We will try to correct it in order to straighten out our finances.
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I can't straighten out my back.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.