- Types Of Speech
- You can use straight as a article, noun, adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Straight
- A 1 syllables article and 8 letters with the letters a, g, h, i, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ai. Straight starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, st, str, stra, strai, and the ending characters are t, ht, ght, ight, aight, ..
- Definition
- A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Straight is set as a grade seven word that starts with s, ends with t, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Straight in Pig Latin is said as "aightstray or aightstrway".
- Unigram
- s | t | r | a | i | g | h | t
- Bigram
- st | tr | ra | ai | ig | gh | ht
- Trigram
- str | tra | rai | aig | igh | ght
- Quadrigram
- stra | trai | raig | aigh | ight
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- right;
in keeping with the facts;
"set the record straight";
"made sure the facts were straight in the report" - successive (without a break);
"sick for five straight days" - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- following a correct or logical method;
"straight reasoning" - reliable in matters of fact;
"he was always straight with me" - without water;
"took his whiskey neat" - accurately fitted;
level;
"the window frame isn't quite true" - characterized by honesty and fairness;
"a square deal";
"wanted to do the square thing" - erect in posture;
"behind him sat old man Arthur;
he was straight with something angry in his attitude";
"stood defiantly with unbowed back" - neatly arranged;
not disorderly;
"the room is straight now"
- Article Examples
- (of hair) having no waves or curls;
"her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" - having no deviations;
"straight lines";
"straight roads across the desert";
"straight teeth";
"straight shoulders" - without curves
- no longer coiled
- honest and morally upright;
"I just want a straight answer to the question";
"straight dealing"
- Adverb Examples
- without deviation;
"the path leads directly to the lake";
"went direct to the office" - in a forthright manner;
candidly or frankly;
"he didn't answer directly";
"told me straight out";
"came out flat for less work and more pay" - in a straight line;
in a direct course;
"the road runs straight"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aboveboard | without concealment or deception honest "their business was open and aboveboard" "straightforward in all his business affairs" |
| Absolute | something that is conceived to be absolute something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
| Absolutely | totally and definitely without question "we are absolutely opposed to the idea" "he forced himself to lie absolutely still" "iron is absolutely necessary" |
| Academic | an educator who works at a college or university |
| Accordant | being in agreement or harmony often followed by `with'' "a place perfectly accordant with man''s nature"-Thomas Hardy |
| Accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy "an accurate reproduction" "the accounting was accurate" "accurate measurements" "an accurate scale" |
| Accurately | with few mistakes "he works very accurately" |
| Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
| Admitting No Exception | |
| Ageless | continuing forever or indefinitely "the ageless themes of love and revenge" "eternal truths" "life everlasting" "hell''s perpetual fires" "the unending bliss of heaven" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Straight
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Straight | a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse |
View English words with the unique letters used in straight. Words With The Letters Aghirst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Section | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
| Segment | one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object "a section of a fishing rod" "metal sections were used below ground" "finished the final segment of the road" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stretch | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
Straight Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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