straight

Plural: straights

Noun

• a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
• Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
• Five cards in sequence.
• A heterosexual.
• A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
• A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
• A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
• A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.

Adjective Satellite

• successive (without a break)
  • "sick for five straight days"
• erect in posture
  • "sit straight"
• in keeping with the facts
  • "set the record straight"
  • "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
• neatly arranged; not disorderly
  • "the room is straight now"
• not homosexual
• accurately fitted; level
• without evasion or compromise
  • "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
• without water
• following a correct or logical method
  • "straight reasoning"
• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

Adjective

• Extending in one direction without curves or bends; honest.
• having no deviations
  • "straight lines"
  • "straight roads across the desert"
  • "straight teeth"
  • "straight shoulders"
• (of hair) having no waves or curls
  • "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
• characterized by honesty and fairness
  • "straight dealing"
• no longer coiled
• free from curves or angles
  • "a straight line"

Adverb

• without deviation
• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
  • "told me straight out"
• in a straight line; in a direct course
  • "the road runs straight"

Adj

• Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
• Direct, undeviating.
• Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
• Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
• Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
• Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
• Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
• Serious rather than comedic.
• In proper order; as it should be.
• In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
• Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
• Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
• Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
• Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
• Heterosexual.
• Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
• Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
• Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
• Not plus size; thin.
• Strait; narrow.
• Stretched out; fully extended.
• Thorough; utter; unqualified.
• Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
• Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
• Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
• OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
• On good terms.

Adv

• Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
• Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
• Continuously; without interruption or pause.
• Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.

Verb

Verb Forms: straighted, straighting, straights

• To make or become straight; to align.
• To straighten.

Examples

• "Is something on your mind?" "Nah, I'm straight".
• a straight ballot
• a straight Democrat
• a straight Republican
• After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
• Go straight back.
• He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
• He drew a STRAIGHT line of tiles, hoping to spell a bingo across the board.
• He had to STRAIGHT his letters on the rack before he could see the potential words.
• Just making sure you're straight
• My friends call straights "heteros".
• On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
• shopping at a straight-sized store
• straight marriage, sex, relationships
• The door will be straight ahead of you.
• The shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes.
• We had a bit of a disagreement, but we're straight now.

Synonyms

consecutive, direct, directly, flat, full-strength, heterosexual, heterosexual person, neat, square, straight person, straightaway, straightforward, true, unbent, unbowed, uncoiled, L7, basic bitch, bourgeois, breeder, hetero, mainstreamer, mainstreamist, muggle, mundane, normal, normalfag, normaloid, normie, straight, straightedge, straighter

Antonyms

coiled, crooked, curly, curved, indirectly, bent, mixer

Related Words

flush, four of a kind, full house, high card, pair, royal flush, straight flush, three of a kind, two pair

Anagrams of straight