forthright

1. 1.

   directly and without evasion; not roundabout

   “to face a problem squarely”

   “the responsibility lies squarely with them”

   “spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point”

   Synonymssquarelyforthrightly

Other forms of forthright

comparative

forthrighter·

superlative

forthrightest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forthright

What does forthright mean?

forthright means "characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forthright?

forthright has 2 syllables: for-thright. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˈθɹaɪt/.

What is another word for forthright?

Close synonyms include blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forthright a common word?

forthright is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with forthright?

1 word rhymes with forthright. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.