1. Direct.
2. Spontané.
3. Loyal. Regard franc.
4. Pur. Couleur franche.
5. Exempt de taxes. Zone franche.
Without concealment or deception; honest; SYN. straightforward.
ETYM Cf. Prov. German bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Swed. and Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to Eng. blind.
1. Said of a knife or other blade; not sharp.
2. Having a broad or rounded end.
3. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; SYN. crude, stark.
4. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; SYN. candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank.
ETYM French candide (cf. Italian candido), Latin candidus white, from candęre to be of a glowing white; akin to accendere, incendere, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Related to Candle, Incense.
1. Informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared.
2. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; SYN. open.
3. Starkly realistic.
1. Free from ambiguity or evasiveness; going straight to the point
2. Notably simple in style or quality
Straightforward; direct and honest in discussion.
Clearly manifest; evident.
1. Affording free passage or access
2. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; SYN. unfastened.
3. Not having been filled
4. Not sealed or having been unsealed; SYN. opened.
5. Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; SYN. undecided, undetermined, unresolved.
6. Displayed before or in view of all
7. Unfolded
8. Not secret
9. Ready for business
10. Receptive to new ideas
11. Relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals
12. Sincere and free of reserve in expression
13. Used of mouth or eyes; SYN. opened.
14. Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
15. Accessible to all
16. Having no protecting cover or enclosure
17. Lax in enforcing laws; SYN. wide-open, lawless.
18. Not requiring union membership
19. (Mathematics) Of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points.
ETYM as. open; akin to Dutch open, os. opan, German offan, Icel. opinn, Swed. öppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to Eng. up. Related to Up, and Ope.
ETYM Mid. Eng. strecchen to stretch.
(Homonym: strait).
1. Without curves.
2. Having no deviations.
3. Following a correct or logical method.
4. Erect in posture; SYN. unbent, unbowed, upright.
5. Neatly arranged; not disorderly.
6. Honest and morally upright.
7. Reliable in matters of fact.
8. Right; in keeping with the facts.
9. (Of hair) Having no waves or curls.
10. Successive (without a break); SYN. consecutive.
1. Free from ambiguity
2. Pointed directly ahead
1. Unité monétaire de divers pays.
2. (Familier) Balle.
ETYM French, from franc a Franc. Related to Frank.
The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes.
French coin, so called from 1360 when it was a gold coin inscribed Francorum Rex, “King of the Franks”. The franc CFA (Communauté française d’Afrique) is the currency of the former French territories in Africa; in France’s Pacific territories the franc CFP (Communauté française du pacifique) is used. The currency units of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland are also called francs.