straightforward
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
free from ambiguity
a straightforward set of instructions
Related & opposite
- straightforwardness derivation
- unequivocal similar to
Sense 2 adjective
without evasion or compromise
a square contradiction
Related & opposite
- singleness derivation
- good faith derivation
- straightforwardness derivation
- direct similar to
Sense 3 adjective
without concealment or deception; honest
their business was open and aboveboard
Related & opposite
- straightforwardness derivation
- square similar to
Sense 4 adjective
pointed directly ahead
a straightforward gaze
Related & opposite
- direct similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straightforwardness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unequivocal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | singleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | good faith |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straightforwardness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | straightforwardness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | square |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |