Usually means: Expressing oneself clearly and simply.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. plainspoken: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plainspoken: Merriam-Webster
  3. plainspoken: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plainspoken: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. plainspoken: Vocabulary.com
  6. plainspoken: Wordnik
  7. plainspoken: Wiktionary
  8. plainspoken: Dictionary.com
  9. Plainspoken: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. plainspoken: Rhymezone
  11. plainspoken: FreeDictionary.org
  12. plainspoken: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. plainspoken: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. plainspoken: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plainspoken: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plainspoken: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Speaking in a forthright manner.

Similar:
forthright, free-spoken, frank, candid, direct, outspoken, blunt, unrhetorical, point-blank, spadish, more...

Opposite:
verbose, loquacious, garrulous, long-winded, prolix

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain, straightforward, more...

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Similar:
forthright, free-spoken, frank, candid, direct, outspoken, blunt, unrhetorical, point-blank, spadish, more...

Opposite:
verbose, loquacious, garrulous, long-winded, prolix

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain, straightforward, more...



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