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verb
give description
Synonyms for call spade spade
verb
give description
- delineatestar
- representstar
- decidestar
- explainstar
- describestar
- prescribestar
- detailstar
- spell outstar
- characterizestar
- exemplifystar
- specifystar
- determinestar
- construestar
- designatestar
- interpretstar
- illustratestar
- expoundstar
- namestar
Antonyms for call spade spade
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adj
straightforward, honest
Synonyms
adj
straightforward, honest
Antonyms
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adj
completely honest
Synonyms
adj
completely honest
- realstar
- naturalstar
- boldstar
- familiarstar
- straightstar
- bluntstar
- directstar
- freestar
- brazenstar
- plainstar
- uprightstar
- openstar
- aboveboardstar
- apparentstar
- artlessstar
- candidstar
- downrightstar
- easystar
- flat-outstar
- forthrightstar
- guilelessstar
- ingenuousstar
- matter-of-factstar
- naivestar
Antonyms
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adj
frank
Synonyms
adj
frank
- matter-of-factstar
- straightforwardstar
- guilelessstar
- outspokenstar
- honeststar
- candidstar
- bluntstar
- naivestar
- forthrightstar
- aboveboardstar
- apparentstar
- artlessstar
- boldstar
- brazenstar
- directstar
- downrightstar
- easystar
- familiarstar
- flat-outstar
- freestar
- ingenuousstar
- naturalstar
- openstar
- outrightstar
Antonyms
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adj
frank
Synonyms
adj
frank
- aboveboardstar
- apparentstar
- artlessstar
- bluntstar
- boldstar
- brazenstar
- candidstar
- directstar
- downrightstar
- easystar
- familiarstar
- flat-outstar
- forthrightstar
- freestar
- guilelessstar
- honeststar
- ingenuousstar
- matter-of-factstar
- naivestar
- naturalstar
- openstar
- outrightstar
- outspokenstar
- plainstar
- plainspokenstar
- realstar
adj
frank
Synonyms
adj
frank
- aboveboardstar
- apparentstar
- artlessstar
- bluntstar
- boldstar
- brazenstar
- candidstar
- directstar
- downrightstar
- easystar
- familiarstar
- flat-outstar
- forthrightstar
- freestar
- guilelessstar
- honeststar
- ingenuousstar
- matter-of-factstar
- naivestar
- naturalstar
- openstar
- outrightstar
- outspokenstar
- plainstar
adj
frank
Synonyms
adj
frank
- aboveboardstar
- apparentstar
- artlessstar
- bluntstar
- boldstar
- brazenstar
- candidstar
- directstar
- downrightstar
- easystar
- familiarstar
- flat-outstar
- forthrightstar
- freestar
- guilelessstar
- honeststar
- ingenuousstar
- matter-of-factstar
- naivestar
- naturalstar
- openstar
- outrightstar
- outspokenstar
- plainstar
- plainspokenstar
- realstar
More words related to call spade spade
verb. give description
adj. straightforward, honest
adj. completely honest
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straightforward
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