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straight arrow

NOUN
honest person
Synonyms
WEAK
good person salt of the earth square shooter straight shooter upright person
straight-arrow
ADJECTIVE
straightforward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
candid forthright genuine sincere truthful unequivocal
WEAK
aboveboard barefaced direct frank guileless honorable just laid on the line level like it is mellow open outspoken plain plain-dealing pretenseless square-shooting straight talking turkey unconcealed undisguised undissembled undissembling unvarnished up front upright upstanding veracious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
devious dishonest insincere lying tricky untruthful
WEAK
complicated deceitful difficult hard indirect involved
ADJECTIVE
veracious
Synonyms
WEAK
accurate credible dependable direct ethical factual faithful frank genuine high-principled honest just kosher legit like it is on the level on the line on the up and up open reliable right righteous straightforward strict true-blue trustworthy truthful undeceptive up front valid veridical
Antonyms
WEAK
false untrue

Example Sentences

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As the straight arrow protagonist, Park expertly pulls off a trick similar to Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids”: Her character serves as the narrative engine, while also setting up comedy opportunities for the others.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Widely described as an earnest straight arrow who carried himself with understated confidence, he excelled in all high school endeavors save for athletics and was elected president of his class.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

Lobo said Thursday he brought Bonilla in to clean up the force, because he was known as a straight arrow.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2020

It’s a testament to Luke Perry that his straight arrow was as much fun to watch as Ulrich’s live wire.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

At Truman, Wayne is known as a straight arrow, Mr. Responsibility.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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