Advertisement

View definitions for straight up

straight up

adjective as in plumb

Strongest matches

Strong matches

adjective as in steep

adjective as in vertical

adverb as in over

adjective as in plumb

Strongest matches

Strong matches

adjective as in steep

adjective as in vertical

adverb as in over

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

I think people like those stories told straight-up, [David] Fincher-style.

Being there with a company of American infantry was dangerous enough; going there on your own seemed like straight-up suicide.

But if you ask the American public a straight up question—“Do you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?”

The straight-up fear of a world in which disco singles consistently topping the charts was the new normal.

Perhaps he is straight-up obsessed with former American Idol host Paula Abdul.

She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.

It was half-past seven when we got back to the house, so we all went straight up to our rooms to dress for dinner.

On his chest was a great inkoos with one eye covered, and on his back a hut with trees growing straight up into the air from it.

There's a little one inside—so narrow and twisted, Jim, that even I can hardly walk straight up it but have to go sidewise.

We had no more than got fairly between the straight-up-and-down walls of it than Piegan halted us with a warning hand.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for smile?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to straight-up, such as: perpendicular, straight, upright, up-and-down, and vertical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement