Synonyms for upfront
up·front

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1. upfrontadjective

   frank and honest

   "he was upfront about his intentions"

   Antonyms:
   indirect

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1. Orrin Hatch:

   These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?

2. Mary Gay Scanlon:

   We have had this widening wealth gap in the country, we've seen the income inequality increasing, and as someone suggested today, the fact of the pandemic really exposed how hungry people are in this country, so let's make sure that while people are still aware of this, while they're still giving to their food pantries, they realize that this is a continuing issue and we need to address it upfront.

3. Tony Oppedisano:

   Frank told me that was a very intense relationship, a very tempestuous one, she was absolutely drop-dead beautiful. He said, ‘She could drink me under the table. As far as language, stuff came out of her mouth that could grow hair on the wall.’ He also said, ‘I should have known upfront that anything that burned that hot was bound to burn out. But while it was going on, I was having a ball.'.

4. Brett Giroir:

   The change in mask guidance was based on new information and data, of course, I had some issues back then because we did not know that masks did not work. We just did not have affirmative evidence that they did work, and we needed to conserve masks for health care workers. Fauci should have been upfront with that as well as the rest of the medical leadership on the task force, stating that we do n’t know if they work instead of saying do n’t wear them.

5. Paul Ryan:

   This is what I mean when I say being an effective opposition party. I think being an effective opposition party means being honest with people upfront about what it is we can and cannot achieve, but we also have to push issues where we can push issues, we have to speak truth to power.