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Adverbs (1)
downright
adv. thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
Adjectives (7)
thoroughgoing, right-down
adj. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
foursquare, head-on, flat-footed, forthright, straightforward
adj. without evasion or compromise: "a direct approach"; "a downright kind of person"; "a flat-footed refusal"; "forthright criticism"; "a foursquare refusal to yield"; "his usual head-on fashion"; "a straightforward account of the accident"
Fuzzynyms (37)
absolute, rank, gross, perfect, utter, sheer, pure, stark, arrant, double-dyed, out-and-out, sodding, staring
adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
open, forthright
adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"
honest, honorable, honourable
adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
honest, straightforward, aboveboard
adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
direct
adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
reputable
adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"
artless, ingenuous
adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
genuine
adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
frank, genuine
adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
guileless, transparent
adj. free of deceit
honest
adj. without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
open, frank, open-hearted
adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"
trusting
adj. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
frank, candid
adj. openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"
Synonyms (40)
total, absolute
adj. complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
accomplished, completed, effected, realized
adj. successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him"
all
adj. completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention"
all-out, full-scale
adj. using all available resources; "all-out war"; "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants"
allover, all-over
adj. covering the entire surface; "an allover pattern"; "got an allover tan"
broadside
adj. toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
clean
adj. thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
completed
adj. caught; "a completed forward pass"
full-clad, fleshed out
adj. given substance or detail; completed; "did not spring full-clad from his imagination"; "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details"
total, full
adj. complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
full-blown
adj. having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; "a full-blown financial crisis"
full-dress
adj. complete in every respect; "a full-dress debate"; "a full-dress investigation"
full-page
adj. occupying an entire page in a book or paper; "a full-page ad"
good, thorough
adj. thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
self-contained
adj. constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"
sound
adj. thorough; "a sound thrashing"
unbroken
adj. "an unbroken (complete) set of an encyclopedia"
whole
adj. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
wholehearted, whole-souled
adj. with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion; "heart-whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance"
bluff, frank, blunt, outspoken, candid, free-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank
adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
no-nonsense
adj. not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent"
plain, unvarnished
adj. free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
Antonyms (2)
partial
adj. being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"
indirect
adj. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
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