Definitions

frank

[frangk] / fræŋk /

ADJECTIVE

completely honest

Synonyms

STRONG

blunt bold brazen direct familiar free heart-to-heart natural open plain real straight upright

WEAK

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 like it is matter-of-fact naive outright outspoken plain-spoken saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front

Antonyms

STRONG

abnormal ambiguous different dishonest indirect lying unclear uncommon vague

WEAK

devious evasive insincere secretive

Example Sentences

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In 2012, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek proposed that a similar kind of order could exist not in space, but in time.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

“We had been bullish on AMD, driven by its consistent share gains in the server CPU market,” wrote analyst Frank Lee.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the SSA, has said that addressing this issue is a top priority of the Trump administration.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Coe appeared alongside Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson in a pair of TV movies in 1986, “The Last Days of Frank & Jesse James” and “Stagecoach.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

I leave Lily with Frank Sinatra and run downstairs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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