Qualities
Synonyms for straightforward
Synonyms for straightforward: square and aboveboard. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for straightforward
Interchangeable with straightforward in this sense
Audited under straightforward's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one straightforward carries in that sense.
- squareadjective, in the sense "without evasion or compromise"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name straightforward as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- aboveboardaboveboard is an adjective in the sense "without concealment or deception"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under straightforward and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
without evasion or compromise
I want a straightforward deal with no hidden terms.
The true synonym
square
Same sentence, swapped: I want a square deal with no hidden terms.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- sincere
- elegant
- stark
Where straightforward turns up in the game
straightforward is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where straightforward is the trap
- squareadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is solid, in the sense "providing abundant nourishment", and straightforward is on the board beside it.
- uprightadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is just, in the sense "of moral excellence", and straightforward is on the board beside it.
- evidentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is discernible, in the sense "capable of being seen or noticed", and straightforward is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play straightforward
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so straightforward reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company straightforward keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
straightforward is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.