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like it is
adjective as in forthright
adjective as in frank
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- down and dirty
- downright
- easy
- flat-out
- forthright
- from the hip
- guileless
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- outright
- outspoken
- plain-spoken
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
adjective as in honest
Strongest matches
adjective as in objective
adjective as in openhearted
adjective as in plainspoken
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- free
- from the hip
- heart-to-heart
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- natural
- open
- outright
- plain
- plain-spoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in sincere
Weak matches
- 24-carat
- aboveboard
- actual
- artless
- bona fide
- dead-level
- dear
- devout
- faithful
- frank
- guileless
- honest-to-God
- honest-to-goodness
- meant
- natural
- no-fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- on the up and up
- open
- plain
- pretensionless
- regular
- righteous
- saintly
- square
- sure-enough
- true-blue
- unaffected
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unpretentious
- up-front
- wholehearted
adjective as in straightforward
Strongest matches
adjective as in straight-from-the-shoulder
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in straight-out
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in straight-shooting
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
adjective as in truthful
Strongest matches
adjective as in veracious
noun as in attitude
Strongest matches
noun as in condition
Strong matches
noun as in fact
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in facts
noun as in locus
noun as in position
noun as in reality
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in situation
noun as in veraciousness
Weak matches
- accuracy
- actuality
- authenticity
- candor
- correctness
- credibility
- exactitude
- exactness
- fact
- fairness
- fidelity
- frankness
- genuineness
- gospel
- honest-to-god truth
- honesty
- honor
- impartiality
- integrity
- openness
- precision
- probity
- real McCoy
- reality
- rectitude
- rightness
- sincerity
- straight stuff
- trueness
- truism
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- veridicality
- verisimilitude
- verity
- word
noun as in veracity
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in veridicality
Weak matches
- accuracy
- actuality
- authenticity
- candor
- correctness
- credibility
- exactitude
- exactness
- fact
- fairness
- fidelity
- frankness
- genuineness
- gospel
- honest-to-god truth
- honesty
- honor
- impartiality
- integrity
- openness
- precision
- probity
- real McCoy
- reality
- rectitude
- rightness
- sincerity
- straight stuff
- trueness
- truism
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- veraciousness
- verisimilitude
- verity
- word
Example Sentences
That is, until Trump started talking about making Canada into the 51st state and Trudeau started telling it like it is.
Arsenal have struggled to score in the Premier League but the goals were flowing freely for them against PSV and this feels like it is going to be another rearguard action for Manchester United, similar to the way they got past the Gunners in the FA Cup.
In an attempt to gain some perspective on these disorienting and surreal events and a world that feels like it is increasingly teetering on the edge of war and other armed conflicts and general chaos, I recently spoke with Robert D. Kaplan.
"But ultimately the show will be about the celebration of the movies of the year, like it is every year," she said.
The company's boss Mark Zuckerberg told investors at the end of January that the company was "making progress towards becoming the leading messaging platform in the US like it is in a lot of the rest of the world".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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