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Frank

A pigsty.

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Direct 84% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Direct 84% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Obvious 84% connected

Opposing; fronting.

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Obvious 84% connected

Opposing; fronting.

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Broader term 9

European 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

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Excuse 76% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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Exempt 76% connected

Cut off; set apart.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marker 76% connected

One who or that which marks.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Relieve 76% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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Sausage 76% connected

An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared…

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Salian 76% connected

Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.

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Forthrightness 74% connected

Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

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Forthrightness 74% connected

Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

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Frankness 74% connected

The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

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Frankness 74% connected

The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

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Postmark 74% connected

The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

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Postmark 74% connected

The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

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Synonym 9

Blunt 92% connected

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

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Candid 92% connected

White.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dog 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forthright 92% connected

Straight forward; in a straight direction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Franking 92% connected

of Frank

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Free-spoken 92% connected

Accustomed to speak without reserve.

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Outspoken 92% connected

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.

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Point-blank 92% connected

The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Postmark 92% connected

The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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