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Definition: Plainspoken

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor".[Wordnet]
2. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "plainspoken and to the point".[Wordnet]
3. Being open or unreserved. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being outspoken or undisguised. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being straightforward or forthright. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being candid, ingenuous, sincere, heart-to-heart or guileless. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being direct, point-blank or immediate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being honest, true or genuine. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being evident, overt, obvious or unconcealed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb plainspokenly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(plainspokenly)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective plainspoken.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Plainspoken" is a common misspelling or typo for: plain-spoken.

Date "Plainspoken" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references)

"plainspoken" is a common misspelling or typo for: plain-spoken.

Synonyms: plainspoken
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 outspoken, blunt, candid, forthright, evident, open, vocal.
Consider also: direct, straightforward, heart-to-heart, obvious, ingenuous, apparent, artless, free, honest, distinct, bare, clear, conspicuous, discernible, guileless, manifest, naked, plain, bluntest, unreserved.

Other

 frank, directer, downright, bluff, foursquare, free-hearted, free-spoken, pointblank, round.

Expression

 clearly manifest, not sharp, starkly realistic.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top

Computed Synonyms: plainspoken

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   22.2091   plainspoken     open     uncover, opening, unlock, start, begin   
 2   21.6094   plainspoken     outspoken     straightforward, plain, frank, candid, explicit   
 3   21.0091   plainspoken     frank     open, candid, straightforward, honest, straight   
 4   19.1593   plainspoken     plain     clear, evident, flat, obvious, simple   
 5   19.0090   plainspoken     candid     sincere, honest, frank, ingenuous, outspoken   
 6   19.0087   plainspoken     straightforward     honest, straight, plain, direct, simple   
 7   17.0089   plainspoken     direct     guide, straight, order, manage, lead   
 8   16.0090   plainspoken     ingenuous     naive, candid, simple, guileless, artless   
 9   16.0089   plainspoken     downright     outright, straight, sheer, plain, straightforward   
 10   16.0088   plainspoken     outright     downright, stark, sheer, plain, thorough   
 11   16.0088   plainspoken     forthright     straightforward, direct, outright, candid, outspoken   
 12   14.0090   plainspoken     unreserved     open, outspoken, frank, candid, outright   
 13   13.0091   plainspoken     sincere     honest, genuine, true, candid, straightforward   
 14   12.0089   plainspoken     honest     sincere, true, genuine, upright, straightforward   
 15   11.0088   plainspoken     heart-to-heart     frank, candid, ingenuous, straightforward, sincere   
--------------------     191 synonyms ranked from 16 to 206 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: plainspoken

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   8.0089   plainspoken     above board     straightforward, sincere, square   
 2   2.1092   plainspoken     slip on     put on, pull on, thread up   
 3   2.1089   plainspoken     in earnest     seriously, earnestly, gravely   
 4   2.0089   plainspoken     of course     certainly, naturally, absolutely   
 5   2.0088   plainspoken     dyeing machine     strong, sincere, simple   
 6   1.2091   plainspoken     even down     open, outspoken, head on   
 7   1.1091   plainspoken     head on     front panel, ahead of, in view of   
 8   1.1089   plainspoken     out of turn     indiscreet, tactless, inopportune   
 9   1.1084   plainspoken     on the up and up     open, unfeigned, true   
 10   1.0184   plainspoken     politically incorrect     without tact, indiscreet, headfirst   
 11   1.0089   plainspoken     heavy handed     heavy-handed, awkward, ungainly   
 12   1.0089   plainspoken     toll free     free, gratuitous, pointless   
 13   1.0087   plainspoken     without tact     out of turn, indiscreet, headfirst   
 14   1.0086   plainspoken     leave of absence     furlough, leave, vacation   
 15   1.0078   plainspoken     speak frankly and bluntly     call a spade a spade, not mince matters   
--------------------     1 synonyms ranked from 16 to 16 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: plainspoken
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 devious.
Consider also: crooked, circuitous, shifty, crafty, deceitful, fraudulent, indirect, insincere, oblique, roundabout, sly, convoluted, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, tangled, untrustworthy, furtive, leery.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top

Translations: plainspoken

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya نَقَاء (pureness, purity, clarity, clear, cleared), صافٍ (clear, fair, fine, net, pure), نَصَاعَة (clearness, purity, calm, calmed, calmer), صَرِيح (bluff, candid, communicative, direct, forthright). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha نَقَاء (pureness, purity, clarity, clear, cleared), صافٍ (clear, fair, fine, net, pure), نَصَاعَة (clearness, purity, calm, calmed, calmer), صَرِيح (bluff, candid, communicative, direct, forthright). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Andhra నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Andhra, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic نَقَاء (pureness, purity, clarity, clear, cleared), صافٍ (clear, fair, fine, net, pure), نَصَاعَة (clearness, purity, calm, calmed, calmer), صَرِيح (bluff, candid, communicative, direct, forthright). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski прям (bluff, blunt, candid, direct, downright), откровен (candid, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) pryam (bluff, blunt, candid, direct, downright), otkroven (candid, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian srozumitelně sdělený (plainspoken), upřímný (candid, sincere, frank, genuine, unaffected), přímý (downright, direct, immediate, outright, straight), otevřený (enabled, open, avowed, candid, raw). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese sincero (sincere, above-board, candid, cordial, downright), franco (franc, frank, sincere, above-board, candid), claro (clear, light, bright, plain, distinct), aberto (opened, open, unlocked, deployed, exposed). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian прям (bluff, blunt, candid, direct, downright), откровен (candid, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) pryam (bluff, blunt, candid, direct, downright), otkroven (candid, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina srozumitelně sdělený (plainspoken), upřímný (candid, sincere, frank, genuine, unaffected), přímý (downright, direct, immediate, outright, straight), otevřený (enabled, open, avowed, candid, raw). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 直言不讳 (speak frankly and bluntly, plainspoken, outspokenness), 老实說的 (plainspoken), 率直的 (straightforward, bluntly, frank, bluntest, burly), 直言无隐的 (plainspoken). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech srozumitelně sdělený (plainspoken), upřímný (candid, sincere, frank, genuine, unaffected), přímý (downright, direct, immediate, outright, straight), otevřený (enabled, open, avowed, candid, raw). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari رك گو (plainspoken, ingenuous, unreserve, frank, free spoken), صاف و پوست كنده (plainspoken), بي ريا و تزوير (plainspoken), بى ريا و تزوير (plainspoken). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Gentoo నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Gentoo, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 솔직한 (candid, direct, outright, plain, frank), 기탄 없는 (plainspoken). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 솔직한 (candid, direct, outright, plain, frank), 기탄 없는 (plainspoken). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic نَقَاء (pureness, purity, clarity, clear, cleared), صافٍ (clear, fair, fine, net, pure), نَصَاعَة (clearness, purity, calm, calmed, calmer), صَرِيح (bluff, candid, communicative, direct, forthright). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian schietto (bare, candid, downright, forthright, frank). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 遠慮のない (unreserved, plainspoken, openhearted, outspoken), 率直な (ingenuous, straightforward, bluff, candid, foursquare), 乱暴な (rowdy, violent, bearish, outrageous, rough), 不遠慮な (crude, plainspoken), 露骨な (crude, anatomic, anatomical, bald, blatant), ぶしつけな (discourteous, immodest, impolite, plainspoken, unceremonious), あからさまの (overt, plainspoken, straight-out, unashamed, unconcealed). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 솔직한 (candid, direct, outright, plain, frank), 기탄 없는 (plainspoken). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi رك گو (plainspoken, ingenuous, unreserve, frank, free spoken), صاف و پوست كنده (plainspoken), بي ريا و تزوير (plainspoken), بى ريا و تزوير (plainspoken). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian رك گو (plainspoken, ingenuous, unreserve, frank, free spoken), صاف و پوست كنده (plainspoken), بي ريا و تزوير (plainspoken), بى ريا و تزوير (plainspoken). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) رك گو (plainspoken, ingenuous, unreserve, frank, free spoken), صاف و پوست كنده (plainspoken), بي ريا و تزوير (plainspoken), بى ريا و تزوير (plainspoken). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish bezpośredni (direct, immediate, proximate, straight, through). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch bezpośredni (direct, immediate, proximate, straight, through). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski bezpośredni (direct, immediate, proximate, straight, through). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese sincero (sincere, candid, cordial, downright, freehearted), homem da planície (plainspoken), franco (sincere, franc, frank, above board, candid), claro (clear, light, bright, plain, distinct), aberto (open, opened, unlocked, exposed, aboveboard). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi frispråkig (outspoken, plainspoken, free-speech), uppriktig (sincere, candid, frank, earnest, explicit). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian откровенный (downright, freehearted, outgiving, candid, free-spoken). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) otkrovennyy (downright, freehearted, outgiving, candid, free-spoken). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki откровенный (downright, freehearted, outgiving, candid, free-spoken). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) otkrovennyy (downright, freehearted, outgiving, candid, free-spoken). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) prostosrdačan (bluff, open-hearted, open-minded, plain hearted, plainspoken), prostodušan (simple minded, bluff, ingenuous, naif, naive), otvoren (open, undisguised, above board, aboveboard, blunt). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish franco (franc, frank, free, candid, foursquare). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska frispråkig (outspoken, plainspoken, free-speech), uppriktig (sincere, candid, frank, earnest, explicit). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish frispråkig (outspoken, plainspoken, free-speech), uppriktig (sincere, candid, frank, earnest, explicit). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Tailangi నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Tailangi, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Telangire నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Telangire, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Telegu నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Telegu, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Telgi నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Telgi, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Telugu నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Telugu, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Tengu నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Tengu, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Terangi నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Terangi, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Tolangan నిష్కాపట్యమైన (plainspoken, truthful). Additional references: Tolangan, India, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish patavatsız (indiscreet, headlong, plump, tactless, blunt), lafını sakınmayan (blunt, outspoken, plainspoken, undiplomatic). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian відвертий (candid, forthright, outright, expansive, open), прямий (direct, straight, straightaway, outright, above board). Additional references: Ukrainian, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) vіdvertiy (candid, forthright, outright, expansive, open), pryamiy (direct, straight, straightaway, outright, above board). Additional references: Ukrainian, plainspoken. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: plainspoken

Language Translations for “plainspoken” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin ainspokenplay (plainspoken). Additional references: Pig Latin, plainspoken. (volunteer)
Terran B frartotu (plainspoken). Additional references: Terran B, plainspoken. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top


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