straightforward
English
adj
Definitions
- Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating.
- easy, simple, without difficulty
- (figurative) direct; honest; frank
Etymology
Compound from English straight + English forward.
Origin
English
forward
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistraight English
- backstraight English
- carryforward English
- feedforward English
- fore English
- forward English
- forwardable English
- forwarder English
- forwardly English
- forwardmost English
- forwardness English
- forwards English
- henceforward English
- nonstraight English
- overforward English
- pushforward English
- quasistraight English
- reforward English
- straight English
- straightdar English
- straighten English
- straightface English
- straightfolk English
- straightforth English
- straightforwardly English
- straightforwardness English
- straighthood English
- straighthorn English
- straightish English
- straightly English
- straightness English
- straightsplain English
- straightwash English
- straightway English
- straightwise English
- straighty English
- thenceforward English
- unforward English
- unstraight English
- unstraightforward English
- unstraightforwardly English
- unstraightforwardness English
- whenceforward English
- forwarden Dutch, Flemish
- стрейт Russian
- стрит Russian
- форвард Russian
- ストレート Japanese
- フォワード Japanese
- strit Polish
- foreward Middle English
- streight Middle English
- forward Czech
- strejtaš Serbo-Croatian
- סטרייט Hebrew (modern)
- 스트레이트 Korean
- stret Papiamentu
- stret Tok Pisin
- fore
- forward
- straight
- forwards
- unforward
- forwardly
- forwarder
- reforward
- straighty
- unstraight
- straighten
- straightly
- forwardable
- forwardmost
- overforward
- straightdar
- straightish
- nonstraight
- forwardness
- straightway
- feedforward
- pushforward
- straightwash
- straightwise
- straighthorn
- straightfolk
- antistraight
- henceforward
- carryforward
- straightface
- straighthood
- backstraight
- straightness
- whenceforward
- straightforth
- thenceforward
- quasistraight
- straightsplain
- unstraightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- unstraightforwardly
- unstraightforwardness