straight

Meanings

• a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
• successive (without a break)
  • "sick for five straight days"
• having no deviations
  • "straight lines"
  • "straight roads across the desert"
  • "straight teeth"
  • "straight shoulders"
• (of hair) having no waves or curls
  • "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
• erect in posture
  • "sit straight"
• in keeping with the facts
  • "set the record straight"
  • "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
• characterized by honesty and fairness
  • "straight dealing"
• no longer coiled
• free from curves or angles
  • "a straight line"
• neatly arranged; not disorderly
  • "the room is straight now"
• not homosexual
• accurately fitted; level
• without evasion or compromise
  • "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
• without water
• following a correct or logical method
  • "straight reasoning"
• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
• without deviation
• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
  • "told me straight out"
• in a straight line; in a direct course
  • "the road runs straight"

Synonyms

consecutive, direct, directly, flat, full-strength, heterosexual, heterosexual person, neat, square, straight person, straightaway, straightforward, true, unbent, unbowed, uncoiled