recto

Meaning

Adj

1. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
3. literal (of a meaning)
4. right (of an angle, etc)

Noun

1. (masculine) rectum
2. (masculine) rectus

Concepts

straight

rectum

right

upright

just

direct

straightforward

erect

square

honest

righteous

correct

proper

single-breasted

vertical

anus

precisely

faithful

loyal

right angle

right hand

staunch

true

trusty

decent

exact

literal

moral

virtuous

caecum

cecum

colon

duodenum

ileum

intestines

jejunum

large intestine

small intestine

stiff

rigid

aright

upstanding

straight on

right-minded

fair

unbent

unbowed

ethical

honorable

honourable

good

uncoiled

recto

forthright

guileless

ingenuous

unsophisticated

plain

plane

uprighteous

Hyphenated as

rec‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈreɡto/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).