Synonyms for downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪtdown·right

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1. downrightadjective

   characterized by plain blunt honesty

   "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"

   Synonyms:
   right-down, out-and-out(a), rank(a), sheer(a), absolute

   Antonyms:
   incomplete, uncomplete, dishonest, dishonorable

2. absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)adverb

   complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

   "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

   Antonyms:
   incomplete, dishonest, dishonorable, uncomplete

3. downrightadverb

   thoroughgoing

   "he is outright dishonest"

   Antonyms:
   uncomplete, dishonest, dishonorable, incomplete

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1. downrightadjective

   Synonyms:
   plain, simple, explicit, clear, undisguised, positive, absolute

2. downrightadjective

   Synonyms:
   honest, sincere, artless, ingenuous, frank, open, above-board

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1. downrightadjective

   Synonyms:
   blunt, direct, unceremonious, positive, undisguised, absolute, unmixed, straightforward

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1. List of paraphrases for "downright":

   frankly, absolutely, simply, totally, completely

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1. Scott Wilson:

   I think it is downright dangerous and above and beyond what is constitutionally acceptable.

2. Paul. F. Meekin:

   All the perplexities, confusion and distress in education these days arises, not from defects in the students,teachers or schools, not from want of equipment or technology, but from the downright ignorance of the nature of honor, virtue and kindness. Sound education... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection of childhood, on unselfish performance of teachers and on accountability and reliability.

3. John Adams:

   All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.

4. George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron:

   When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning -- how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

5. Draymond Green:

   Covid-19 has proven how college athletes are anything but amateur. College sports generates $ 15 billion every year for everyone except the athletes actually playing the game. It's slave labor in a downright dictatorship, i've seen firsthand just how backwards the NCAA's likeness restrictions for college athletes are and how Draymond Green and my teammates struggled to make ends meet.