We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.
Source: tatoeba (66072)
Straightforward
//ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d//
Synonyms for "straightforward" (247 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (50)
Adjective(9 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (74)
cushydeaddead aheaddefineddefinitedirectlydispassionatedistinctdownrightdryduedue northdulleasyeasy as pieeffortlesselegantelementaryethicaleven
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evidentexplicitexpressfacilefactualfairfinishedforthrightfrankfrankheartedfreefree spokenfree-speakingfree-spokenfree-tonguedfrontgenuineglibgracefulgracilehardheart-to-hearthomelyhomespunhonesthonorableimmediatein a beelinein linein line withinartificialincomplexincorruptingenuousirreversiblejustleanlevellightlimpidloud and clearlucidluminousmanifestmatter-of-factmickey mouse
Related words (123)
nativenaturalneatnothing to itobviousone-wayopenopen-and-shutopenhandedopenheartedoutspokenpainlesspalpablepatentpellucidperspicuousplainplain dealingplain spokenplain-speaking
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plain-spokenpoint-blankpolishedprosaicprosingprosypurerefinedrestrainedrightroundrusticserioussevereshortsimplesimple as abcsimple-speakingsinceresingle mindedsmoothsobersoftsparespartanstarkstraightstraight acrossstraight aheadstraight outstraight-outstraightawaystraightforwardsstraightlystraightwaytastefultersethroughtranslucenttransparenttranspicuoustrimtrustytruthfulunadornedunaffectedunambiguousunartificialunassumingunbrokenunburdensomeuncheckeduncomplicatedunconcealedunconfusedunconstrainedunderstandableundeviatingundeviatinglyundisguisedundissembledundissemblingunfeigningunguardedunidirectionalunimaginativeuninterrupteduninvolvedunivocalunlaboredunmistakableunpoeticalunpretendingunpretentiousunreservedunrestrainedunswervingunswervinglyunvarnishedunveeringlyuprightupstandingvernacularwell-defined
Adjective(17 words)
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More general
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- صَرِيح adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- مُسْتَقِيم adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Armenian
2 entries- շիտակ adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- ուղիղ adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Bulgarian
4 entries- открит adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- прост adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- прям adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- разбираем adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ساکار adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 乾脆 /干脆 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- 爽快 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- 爽直 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- 直心眼 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Czech
4 entries- přímočarý adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- přímý adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- nepokrytě adv (In a straightforward manner)
- otevřeně adv (In a straightforward manner)
Dutch
4 entries- direct adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- eenvoudig adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- eerlijk adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- makkelijk adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Finnish
4 entries- avoin adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- suora adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- suoraviivainen adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- suoraviivainen adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
French
4 entries- aisé adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- direct adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- facile adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- franc adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
German
4 entries- aufrichtig adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- einfach adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- einfach adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- offen adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Greek
3 entries- έντιμος adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- απλός adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- ευθύς adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyenes adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Italian
4 entries- diretto adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- facile adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- franco adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- schietto adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Japanese
3 entries- まっすぐ adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- 率直 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- 簡単 adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Latin
3 entries- explicātus adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- explicātus adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- prōsus adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́скрен adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- ле́сен adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- о́творен adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- прост adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Māori
1 entries- waingōhia adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Polish
2 entries- bezpośredni adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- prostolinijny adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Portuguese
2 entries- direto adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- fácil adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Romanian
3 entries- onest adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- simplu adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- sincer adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Russian
4 entries- лёгкий adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- открове́нный adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- просто́й adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- просто́й adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Spanish
4 entries- claro adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- diáfano adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- franco adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- fácil adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
Swahili
1 entries- nyofu adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Swedish
4 entries- enkel adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- entydig adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- rak adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- rättfram adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відве́ртий adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
- легки́й adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- прости́й adj (presenting few difficulties, easy)
- прями́й adj (not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
My father is a hard-working, straightforward, and modest person.
Source: tatoeba (425110)
Usually they are all brought about by one’s own misdeeds and nothing more. For me, however, this is not the case; I am a man of great feeling, who values his word, and is straightforward and unrestrained, but these qualities have become the causes of problems for me.
Source: tatoeba (720823)
He is usually straightforward and sincere and thereby gains the confidence of those who meet him.
Source: tatoeba (847251)
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