straightforward
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- honest, candid, direct, forthright, genuine, open, sincere, truthful, upfront (informal)
- easy, easy-peasy (slang), elementary, routine, simple, uncomplicated

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Antonyms: devious
Contrasted words: equivocal, evasive, shuffling, indirect, prevaricative, dishonest, untruthful
Related Words: pretenseless, honest, honorable, just, upright, upstanding, candid, frank, open, plain, unequivocal, direct, outspoken, barefaced, straight-from-the-shoulder

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English Thesaurus: easy, simple, straightforward, user-friendly, undemanding, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

straight‧for‧ward S3 AC /ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwəd◂ $ -ˈfɔːrwərd◂/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: straightforwardness; adverb: straightforwardly; adjective: straightforward]

1. simple and easy to understand Antonym : complicated
relatively/quite/fairly straightforward
Installing the program is relatively straightforward.
This area of law is far from straightforward (=complicated).
straightforward matter/task/process etc
For someone who can’t read, shopping is by no means a straightforward matter.

2. honest about your feelings or opinions and not hiding anything:
Jack is tough, but always straightforward and fair.
—straightforwardly adverb
—straightforwardness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

straightforward
adj.
I. clear and simple
VERBS appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound | find sth I think you'll find it all quite straightforward.
ADV. extremely, remarkably, very | absolutely, entirely, perfectly, quite Look, it's perfectly straightforward?just multiply everything by five.
by no means, far from, hardly, less than Getting funding for the project was far from straightforward.
comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively | apparently | deceptively The answer to this question is deceptively straightforward (= more straightforward than it looks).

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

straightforward
II. honest
VERBS be, seem
ADV. very | quite | refreshingly a refreshingly straightforward attitude
PREP. about, with He was quite straightforward with us about the difficulties involved.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

easy not difficult to do, and not needing much effort:
an easy task
The house was easy to find.
simple easy and not complicated – used about things such as instructions and explanations, or about machines and systems:
The system is relatively simple to operate.
a simple recipe for chocolate cake
straightforward easy to understand or do, and unlikely to cause you any problems:
a straightforward explanation
The calculation is fairly straightforward.
user-friendly easy to use – used especially about computers or written information about how to do something:
Their website is very user-friendly.
a user-friendly guide to owning a dog
undemanding easy because it does not take a lot of effort:
It was an undemanding role for someone of his experience.
cushy /ˈkʊʃi/ informal a cushy job is easy to do and needs very little effort – often used when you are envious of the person who has it:
It’s a pretty cushy job – all she has to do is drive a nice car around.
a cushy number (=a very easy job)
mindless so easy that you can do it without thinking – used especially when it makes you feel bored:
mindless tasks
painless without any difficulties or problems – used especially when you expected something to be much worse:
Finding the carhire place at the airport was relatively painless.
Thankfully, there's a wide selection of search tools to make the task relatively painless.
be plain sailing British English, be smooth sailing American English to be easy and with no problems that you have to deal with:
Things should be plain sailing from now on.
be a piece of cake informal to be very easy to do, especially compared to doing something else:
This test was a piece of cake compared to the last one.
be child’s play informal to be surprisingly easy, or much easier than something else which is very difficult or dangerous:
Getting people’s credit card details is child’s play when you know how to do it.
Climbing in England is child’s play compared to climbing in the Himalayas.
be a breeze informal (also be a doddle British English) to be very easy to do:
The software is a doddle to use.
The check-in process was a breeze.
it’s not rocket science informal used when saying that something is very easy to do or understand, and you do not need to be intelligent to do it:
Making your PC run faster isn’t exactly rocket science.

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