Straighten synonyms
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make straight
arrange on a line
To cause to appear less harsh or severe than is the case:
To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
To arrange aesthetically or artistically.
To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
To unwind or untwist or to become unwound or untwisted.
To make clear of confusion or involvement; solve
To become unwound from a curl:
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
(Music) To prepare and adapt an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
To adhere to a prescribed course of action.
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To align again; specif., to readjust alliances or working arrangements between or within (countries, political parties, etc.)
make perpendicular
make vertical
bend (antonym)
To incline or tend (to or toward)
twist (antonym)
To form in this manner:
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
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complicate (antonym)
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
confuse (antonym)
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
curve (antonym)
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
At the same time as; already; just:
(Dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
To knock down or lay low.
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Also used with up: clean
To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly.
To put into order; make neat.
To control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
(Usually with up)) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
To make things clean or orderly:
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To make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily clean. Usually used to describe the cleaning of a small room or small space.
(Nautical) To square the ships' yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.
Roll out is defined as to flatten or spread with a roller, or to leave, or to move on wheels.
stiffen (related)
loosen (related)
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slide-off (related)
gouge (related)
cut-away (related)
bent (related)
untwist
To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
To make known or lay open to view, esp. in stages or little by little; reveal, disclose, display, or explain
put straight
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make plumb
make upright
move (antonym)
To be disposed of by sale:
Find another word for straighten. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for straighten, like: make straight, arrange on a line, smooth, order, compose, rectify, unsnarl, unbend, uncoil, unravel and uncurl.