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. + prikaži više

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. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French Communicatif, Late Lat. communicativus.
1. Able or tending to communicate; SYN. communicatory.
2. Of or relating to communication.

1. Marked by intimacy or willingness to confide
2. private, secret
3. Entrusted with confidences
4. Containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest — compare secret, top secret

1 archaic; directed vertically downward
2. Outright, thorough
3. Plain, blunt

Characterized by firm belief in the validity of one's opinions; SYN. in earnest, sincere, solemn.

1. Sentient, sensitive
2. Easily moved emotionally
3. obsolete; deeply felt
4. Expressing emotion or sensitivity

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.

ETYM Latin genuinus, from genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. French génuine. Related to Gender.
1. Not fake or counterfeit.
2. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; SYN. true, unfeigned.

1. Free from guile; SYN. honest.
2. Free of deceit; SYN. transparent.

Hearty; sincere.

ETYM Old Eng. honest, onest, Old Fren. honeste, oneste, French honnęte, Latin honestus, from honos, honor, honor. Related to Honor.
1. Marked by truth or sincerity.
2. Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; SYN. honorable.
3. Without dissimulation; frank.
4. Without pretensions.

ETYM Latin ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. Related to Genius, Ingenious.
Characterized by an inability to mask one's feelings; not devious; SYN. artless.
Innocent; guileless.

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. + prikaži više

1. Candidly straightforward; frank
2. Responsive to emotional appeal
3. Freely communicative; candidly straightforward

Ready to entertain new ideas, receptive to arguments or ideas

Given to expressing oneself freely or insistently; SYN. vocal.

(Homonym: plane).
1. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; SYN. unembellished, unornamented.
2. Lacking patterns especially in color; SYN. unpatterned.
3. Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.
4. Not mixed with extraneous elements; SYN. sheer, unmingled, unmixed.
5. Free from any effort to soften to disguise; SYN. unvarnished.
6. Comprehensible to the general public; SYN. popular. + prikaži više

Using simple and direct language, candid, frank

1. Composed of only one thing or element or part
2. Not complex or complicated or involved
3. Not elaborate in style; unornamented
4. Cleverly simple; used of e.g. a solution to a problem
5. (Biology) Especially of leaf shapes; having no divisions or subdivisions; SYN. unsubdivided.

Lacking subtlety and insight

Open and genuine; not deceitful

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. + prikaži više

1. Free from ambiguity
2. Pointed directly ahead

1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false
2. Reliable as a basis for action
3. Having a legally established claim; SYN. lawful, rightful.
4. Rightly so called
5. Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept of truth
6. Accurately placed or thrown; SYN. dead on target.
7. Accurately fitted; level; SYN. straight.
8. Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
9. (Biology) Conforming to the definitive criteria of a natural group + prikaži više

1. Free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; SYN. natural.
2. Undergoing no change when acted upon
3. Not touched emotionally; SYN. untouched.

Having no ulterior or fraudulent purpose; sincere

Plain to see

Not feigned or hypocritical; genuine

1. Not cautious or reticent.
2. Not reserved.

ETYM Latin verax, -acis, from verus true. Related to Very.
1. Habitually speaking the truth; SYN. honest.
2. Precisely accurate.
3. Truthful; true; exact.

1. Completely and sincerely devoted, determined, or enthusiastic
2. Marked by complete earnest commitment; free from all reserve or hesitation