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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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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

Was it the straight arrow at the start of the series or this late-stage Kim, who’s sort of off the rails?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 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

Decent, funny, humble, this guy is a straight arrow, beloved of his king and colleagues.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2019

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove