straight

Meaning

Adj

1. Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
2. (usually) Direct, undeviating.
3. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
4. Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
5. Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
6. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
7. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
8. Serious rather than comedic.
9. In proper order; as it should be.
10. In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
11. Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
12. (US) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
13. (US) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
14. (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
15. (colloquial) Heterosexual.
16. (colloquial) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
17. (slang) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
18. (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
19. Not plus size; thin.
20. (rare) Strait; narrow.
21. (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
22. (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
23. Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
24. (historical) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
25. Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
26. (informal) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
27. (informal, reciprocal) On good terms.

Adv

1. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
2. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
3. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
4. Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.

Noun

1. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
2. Five cards in sequence.
3. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
4. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
5. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
6. A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
7. A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.

Verb

To straighten.

Synonyms

direct

upright

directly

right

erect

honest

correct

square

true

straightforward

⬆️

level

even

flat

heterosexual

righteous

just

equal

smooth

unbent

neat

vertically

consecutive

straighten

straightaway

truthful

frank

straight ahead

stiff

reliable

very straight

trusty

good

👍

vertical

unbowed

candid

straight line

forthright

horizontal

straight away

plain

convincing

tall

point-blank

kosher

precise

principled

trustworthy

pure

linear

responsible

unfailing

believable

credible

secure

sensible

ethical

in a straight line

trustable

sincere

honorable

without equivocation

not crooked

straight person

immediately

dependable

downright

full-strength

stretch

all right

to the point

evenly

in order

openly

simple

steady

tidy

straight bond

honestly

through

become straight

ortho

outright

uncurved

straight-out

tense

straightly

alright

right hand

unswervingly

taut

rectilinear

full

very

uncoiled

due

heterosexual person

candidly

as the crow flies

unbend

at attention

plump

plus

positive

precisely

presentable

quickly

quietly

quits

raise up

rectilineal

regular

right angle

right through

rigid

running

🏃

safe and sound

sequent

sequential

serial

shed

sheer

slap

smart

smoothly

softly

sound

🔉

squarely

standing

stand up

staunch

still

stooge

straight edge

straightened

straightforwardly

straightway

successive

swelling

tautly

tensely

thirsty

thru

tightly

transparent

trim

trimmed

truthfully

twisted

unaffected

unbended

uncluttered

uncrossed

uncurled

undeviating

undeviatingly

undiluted

ungrudging

uniform

unmixed

untwisted

up

🆙

upstanding

well

well-made

wheel

🛞

win

wise

ruly

the right way

make straight

unmediated

rest house

one road

be honest

rectus

go directly

het

in a straight manner

look straight

small temple

fair-and-square

uncurving

unlittered

fine silver

become tall

absolutely correct

constant edge

straight flange

justo

adv

aboveboard

accurate

adjoining

ahead

aimed

aligned

alike

all of a sudden

arbor

arid

aright

artless

at a time

at once

baldly

bang

become

bluntly

bona fide

breeder

brut

clean

clean-cut

cleanly

coherent

common

completely

consecutively

consistent

continuous

conventional

cool

🆒

correctly

correctness

cut

dead

💀

desiccate

desiccated

directness

dry

earnest

earnestly

equivalent

exact

face to face

faithful

fine

flop

flush

fogey

forthrightly

frankly

frontal

fuddy-duddy

gazebo

gently

guileless

heart-to-heart

heart-whole

hearty

hoist

home stretch

identical

immediate

independently

ingenuous

is

justice

justness

kempt

kiosk

legitimately

like

live

lofty

loyal

mischief

naff

narrow

natty

neatly

nifty

one-to-one

one way

open

orderly

ordinary

outspoken

outspokenly

paddle

parallel

parched

pavilion

perpendicular

perpendicularly

plane

planted

plum

plumb

Translations

droit

gerade

recto

derecho

recht

direct

direkt

directement

rechtstreeks

directo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹeɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: streight

In summary

From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.