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like it is
adjective as in forthright
adjective as in frank
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- down and dirty
- downright
- easy
- flat-out
- forthright
- from the hip
- guileless
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- outright
- outspoken
- plain-spoken
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
adjective as in honest
Strongest matches
adjective as in objective
adjective as in openhearted
adjective as in plainspoken
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- free
- from the hip
- heart-to-heart
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- natural
- open
- outright
- plain
- plain-spoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in sincere
Weak matches
- 24-carat
- aboveboard
- actual
- artless
- bona fide
- dead-level
- dear
- devout
- faithful
- frank
- guileless
- honest-to-God
- honest-to-goodness
- meant
- natural
- no-fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- on the up and up
- open
- plain
- pretensionless
- regular
- righteous
- saintly
- square
- sure-enough
- true-blue
- unaffected
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unpretentious
- up-front
- wholehearted
adjective as in straightforward
Strongest matches
adjective as in straight-from-the-shoulder
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in straight-out
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in straight-shooting
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in truthful
Strongest matches
adjective as in veracious
noun as in attitude
Strongest matches
noun as in condition
Strong matches
noun as in fact
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in facts
noun as in locus
noun as in position
noun as in reality
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in situation
noun as in veraciousness
Weak matches
- accuracy
- actuality
- authenticity
- candor
- correctness
- credibility
- exactitude
- exactness
- fact
- fairness
- fidelity
- frankness
- genuineness
- gospel
- honest-to-god truth
- honesty
- honor
- impartiality
- integrity
- openness
- precision
- probity
- real McCoy
- reality
- rectitude
- rightness
- sincerity
- straight stuff
- trueness
- truism
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- veridicality
- verisimilitude
- verity
- word
noun as in veracity
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in veridicality
Weak matches
- accuracy
- actuality
- authenticity
- candor
- correctness
- credibility
- exactitude
- exactness
- fact
- fairness
- fidelity
- frankness
- genuineness
- gospel
- honest-to-god truth
- honesty
- honor
- impartiality
- integrity
- openness
- precision
- probity
- real McCoy
- reality
- rectitude
- rightness
- sincerity
- straight stuff
- trueness
- truism
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- veraciousness
- verisimilitude
- verity
- word
Example Sentences
"I will explain everything. I'm very clear and I will tell you like it is. So let's wait until tomorrow."
If you get yourself 15-3 up against South Africa in the first 20 minutes, like England were against Australia, you may as well keep ploughing on like it is still 0-0.
At the heart of the matter is a ticketing system that customers think is too confusing and feels like it is trying to catch them out.
Fortunately there was no sting in the tail of this tale, and Ms Alonso-Mossinger said it now felt "like it is a funny story... but it was pretty scary at the time".
Market gardener Phil Collins, from Bromham, near Devizes, said: "There is not going to be enough food grown in this country if things go on like it is."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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