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Arrows, sides of a rectangle, well-organized lines of people waiting to get into the theater or the ladies' room, and anything else free from curves can be described as straight. The word can also mean honest, uninterrupted, undiluted, or heterosexual.

In Middle English, strecchen meant "to stretch." Streght "stretched" emerged from it and morphed into straight. It's easy to see the connection: If you stretch out a piece of spaghetti or a curl, it looks linear. Today the word means free from bends, breaks, or irregularities literally or figuratively. "Give it to me straight" means "just the fact, ma'am." "I was up for seven straight days" means "I haven't slept in a week."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: straight

1	adj adv n	having no deviations without deviation a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
2	adj adv	following a correct or logical method in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
3	adj n	successive (without a break) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
4	adj n	not homosexual a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
5	adj	rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
6	adj	without water

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: straight

adj having no deviations

“straight lines”

“straight roads across the desert”

“straight teeth”

“straight shoulders”

Synonyms: direct
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; perpendicular, vertical
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; aligned
in a straight line; unbent
not bent; untwisted
not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight

Antonyms:: crooked
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; indirect
not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; akimbo
(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; anfractuous
full of twists and turns; aquiline, hooked
curved down like an eagle's beak; askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky
turned or twisted toward one side; contorted, writhed, writhen
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); deflective, refractive
capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave); geniculate
bent at a sharp angle; gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; malposed
characterized by malposition; reflexed
(of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees; squiggly
wavy and twisting; tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding
marked by repeated turns and bends; warped
used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; windblown
used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds; wry
bent to one side; zig-zag, zigzag
having short sharp turns or angles; coiled
curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); show more antonyms...

adj free from curves or angles

“a straight line”

Synonyms: trabeate, trabeated
not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches); uncurved, uncurving
having no curves

Antonyms:: curved, curving
having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
forming or resembling an arch; curvilineal, curvilinear
characterized by or following a curved line; eellike
resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous; falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped
curved like a sickle; curvey, curvy
having curves; flexuous
having turns or windings; hooked, hooklike
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); incurvate, incurved
bent into or having an inward curve; recurvate, recurved
curved backward or inward; semicircular
curved into a half circle; serpentine, snakelike, snaky
resembling a serpent in form; sinuate, sinuous, wiggly
curved or curving in and out; sinusoidal
having a succession of waves or curves; upcurved
curving upward; show more antonyms...

adj accurately fitted; level

Synonyms:: true

: even
being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)

adj (of hair) having no waves or curls

“her naturally straight hair hung long and silky”

Synonyms: uncurled
not having been curled; unpermed
not having had a permanent wave

Antonyms:: curly
(of hair) having curls or waves; curled, curling
of hair having curls; crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy
(of hair) in small tight curls; permed
styled with permanent waves; ringleted
(of hair) shaped into ringlets; wavy
(of hair) having waves; show more antonyms...

adj erect in posture

“sit straight”

Synonyms:: unbent, unbowed

: erect, upright, vertical
upright in position or posture

adj no longer coiled

Synonyms:: uncoiled

: uncurled
not curled

Antonyms:: coiled
curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
in the shape of a coil; convolute, convoluted
rolled longitudinally upon itself; involute
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured; involute, rolled
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward; wound
put in a coil; show more antonyms...

adv without deviation

Synonyms:: direct, directly

adv in a straight line; in a direct course

“the road runs straight”

n a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

Synonyms:: straightaway

Types:: stretch
a straightaway section of a racetrack; homestretch
the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line

Type of:: section, segment
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

adj following a correct or logical method

“straight reasoning”

Synonyms: correct, right
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

adj in keeping with the facts

“set the record straight”

“made sure the facts were straight in the report”

Synonyms: accurate
conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

adj neatly arranged; not disorderly

“the room is straight now”

Synonyms: tidy
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits

adj without evasion or compromise

Synonyms:: square, straightforward

: direct
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

adj characterized by honesty and fairness

“straight dealing”

Synonyms:: square

: honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; lawful
conformable to or allowed by law; aboveboard, straightforward
without concealment or deception; honest; guileless, transparent
free of deceit; straightarrow
conventionally moral and upright

Antonyms:: corrupt, crooked
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive; dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive; unlawful
contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; sneaky, underhand, underhanded
marked by deception; show more antonyms...