| Main Entry: | straight arrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honest person |
Synonyms: |
good person, salt of the earth, square shooter, straight shooter, upright person |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | formal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, affected, correct |
Synonyms: |
aloof, by the numbers, ceremonious, conventional, decorous, distant, exact, nominal, playing the game, polite, precise, prim, punctilious, reserved, seemly, sententious, starched, stilted, straight arrow, stuffy, unbending |
Antonyms: |
customary, informal, normal, relaxed, unaffected |
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
Synonyms: |
according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
Antonyms: |
heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | straightforward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, barefaced, candid, direct, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line, level, like it is, mellow*, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing, pretenseless, right-on, sincere, square-shooting, straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unvarnished, up front, upright, upstanding, veracious |
Antonyms: |
deceitful, devious, dishonest |
| Main Entry: | veracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | true |
Synonyms: |
accurate, credible, dependable, direct, ethical, factual, faithful, frank, genuine, high-principled, honest, just, kosher*, legit, like it is, on the level, on the line, on the up and up, open, reliable, right, righteous, straight-arrow, straightforward, strict, true-blue, trustworthy, truthful, undeceptive, up front, valid, veridical |
Antonyms: |
false, untrue |