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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While frank about the difficulties in aging, Burnett says she found humor, joy and advice about the importance of being positive, maintaining friendships and letting go of things that don’t matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Officials argued it was "fundamentally not in the public interest" to disclose private conversations between world leaders, warning doing so would inhibit frank exchanges in future.

From BBC

Harry said: "I'm beginning to lose my memory, I'm going slower and I was a bit lonely to be frank."

From BBC

A frank, open discussion would have produced a stronger consensus about needed changes than what’s likely to occur now.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maggie Nelson has been named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for her work that blends frank autobiography with criticism and philosophy.

From Los Angeles Times

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