in the open

ADVERB

openly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly

WEAK

aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely

WEAK

secretly shamefully

ADVERB

outdoor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rustic

STRONG

outside

WEAK

alfresco casual free garden healthful hilltop informal invigorating mountain natural nature-loving out of the house out-of-doors patio picnic unrestricted woods yard

Example Sentences

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Many investors received fewer shares than they wanted or nothing at all, forcing them to buy stock in the open market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This project was not secret; it unfolded in the open.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Ukrainian sea drones have revolutionised naval warfare since Moscow's invasion, relentlessly hunting down Russian warships and tankers in the open sea and even at naval bases.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The work was published in the open access journal ZooKeys, building on an earlier genomic study in Systematic Biology that had already indicated the snakes represented a separate evolutionary lineage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

At first Robin could not find anything that moved in the open field to which Adam pointed.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

in the open

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