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point-blank has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
“blunt talking and straight shooting”
2 of the 3 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for point-blank.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for point-blank come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.