noun
- A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex.
- synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person
- A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit. )
- A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse.
- synonyms: straightaway
adjective
- Successive (without a break. )
- usage: "sick for five straight days"
- synonyms: consecutive
- Having no deviations.
- usage: "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
- Of hair. ( having no waves or curls)
- usage: "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
- Erect in posture.
- usage: "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
- In keeping with the facts.
- usage: "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
- Characterized by honesty and fairness.
- usage: "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
- synonyms: square
- No longer coiled.
- synonyms: uncoiled
- Free from curves or angles.
- usage: "a straight line"
- Neatly arranged; not disorderly.
- usage: "the room is straight now"
- Not homosexual.
- Accurately fitted; level.
- usage: "the window frame isn't quite true"
- synonyms: true
- Without evasion or compromise.
- usage: "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
- synonyms: square, straightforward
- Without water.
- usage: "took his whiskey neat"
- synonyms: neat, full-strength
- Following a correct or logical method.
- usage: "straight reasoning"
- Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
- synonyms: square
adverb
- Without deviation.
- usage: "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
- In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly.
- usage: "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
- In a straight line; in a direct course.
- usage: "the road runs straight"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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