| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, genuine |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, decent, equal, equitable, ethical, even, fair, fair-and-square, impartial, impersonal, just, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-level, sporting, sportspersonlike, straight, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright |
Antonyms: |
deceiving, dishonest, fake |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | four-sided |
Synonyms: |
boxlike, boxy, equal-sided, equilateral, foursquare, orthogonal, quadrate, quadratic, quadratical, rectangular, rectilinear, right-angled, squared, squarish |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old-fashioned, conventional |
Synonyms: |
behind the times, bourgeois, button-down, conservative, dated, orthodox, out-of-date, straight*, strait-laced, stuffy |
Antonyms: |
current, in vogue, new, popular, stylish |
| Main Entry: | aboveboard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | candid |
Synonyms: |
forthright, frank, honest, open, overt, right on, square, straight, straight from shoulder, straightforward, true, trustworthy, truthful, up front, veracious |
Antonyms: |
deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded |
| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
Synonyms: |
blah*, bland, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, corny, dull as dishwater, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, hokey, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, noplace, nothing, nowhere, old hat, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, original |
| Main Entry: | behind the times |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not current |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, back-number, dated, has-been, obsolete, of the old school, old hat, old hat, old-fashioned, out of date, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passe, square, unfashionable |
| Main Entry: | conventional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, normal |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, button-down, commonplace, correct, current, customary, decorous, everyday, expected, fashionable, formal, general, habitual, in established usage, ordinary, orthodox, plain, popular, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, proper, regular, ritual, routine, square, standard, stereotyped, straight, traditional, tralatitious, typical, usual, well-known, wonted |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, exotic, foreign, irregular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual |
| Main Entry: | conventional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unoriginal |
Synonyms: |
bigoted, bourgeois, commonplace, conforming, conservative, demure, doctrinal, dogmatic, drippy, hackneyed, hidebound, humdrum, illiberal, in rut, inflexible, insular, isolationist, lame, literal, moderate, moral, narrow, narrow-minded, not heretical, obstinate, parochial, pedestrian, prosaic, puritanical, rigid, routine, rube, run-of-the-mill, sober, solemn, square, stereotyped, straight, straight-laced, strict, stuffy, uptight |
Antonyms: |
different, exotic, foreign, new, original, strange, unique |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sharp |
Synonyms: |
blunt, blunted, edentate, edentulate, edgeless, flat, not keen, obtuse, pointless, round, square, toothless, turned, unpointed, unsharpened |
Antonyms: |
knifelike, pointed, serrated, sharp |
| Main Entry: | equitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial |
Synonyms: |
candid, cricket, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, even-steven, fair, fair and square, fair shake, fair-to-middling, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, square deal, stable, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced |
| Notes: | equable means steady or unvarying and far from extremes; equitable means fair and impartial |
Antonyms: |
biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unequitable, unfair, unjust, unreasonable |