'Straightforward' definitions:
Definition of 'straightforward'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions"
adjective
Without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight]
adjective
Without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" [syn: aboveboard, straightforward]
adjective
Pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"
Definition of 'Straightforward'
From: GCIDE
- Straightforward \Straight`for"ward\, a. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. -- adv. In a straightforward manner. -- {Straight`for"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Straight`for"ward*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'straightforward'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveboard,
- apparent,
- artless,
- ascetic,
- Attic,
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- barefaced,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- casual,
- chaste,
- Ciceronian,
- classic,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- coherent,
- common,
- commonplace,
- connected,
- consistent,
- crisp,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- cushy,
- dead,
- dead ahead,
- defined,
- definite,
- direct,
- directly,
- distinct,
- downright,
- dry,
- due,
- due north,
- dull,
- easy,
- easy as pie,
- effortless,
- elegant,
- evident,
- explicit,
- express,
- facile,
- finished,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- genuine,
- glib,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- heart-to-heart,
- homely,
- homespun,
- honest,
- honorable,
- immediate,
- in a beeline,
- in line with,
- inartificial,
- incomplex,
- ingenuous,
- irreversible,
- just,
- lean,
- light,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucid,
- luminous,
- manifest,
- matter-of-fact,
- Mickey Mouse,
- native,
- natural,
- neat,
- nothing to it,
- one-way,
- open,
- openhearted,
- outspoken,
- painless,
- palpable,
- patent,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain dealing,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- polished,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- refined,
- restrained,
- right,
- round,
- rustic,
- severe,
- simple,
- simple as ABC,
- simple-speaking,
- sincere,
- smooth,
- sober,
- soft,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- stark,
- straight,
- straight across,
- straight ahead,
- straight-out,
- straightaway,
- straightforwards,
- straightly,
- straightway,
- tasteful,
- terse,
- through,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- trim,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- unambiguous,
- unartificial,
- unassuming,
- unbroken,
- unburdensome,
- unchecked,
- uncomplicated,
- unconcealed,
- unconfused,
- unconstrained,
- undeviating,
- undeviatingly,
- undisguised,
- undissembled,
- undissembling,
- unequivocal,
- unfeigning,
- unguarded,
- unidirectional,
- unimaginative,
- uninterrupted,
- uninvolved,
- univocal,
- unlabored,
- unmistakable,
- unpoetical,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unswerving,
- unswervingly,
- unvarnished,
- unveeringly,
- upright,
- upstanding,
- well-defined