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calling spade a spade synonyms

Trying to find another word for calling spade a spade in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of calling spade a spade in 22 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for calling spade a spade alphabetically.

  • blunt
  • brusque
  • crude
  • crusty
  • curt
  • direct
  • discourteous
  • gruff
  • impetuous
  • impolite
  • matter-of-fact
  • rough
  • short
  • snappy
  • snippy
  • uncivil
  • ungracious
  • direct
  • genuine
  • guileless
  • honest
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • naive
  • natural
  • open
  • plain
  • pure
  • sincere
  • straight
  • straightforward
  • talking turkey
  • true
  • unadorned
  • unaffected
  • uncontrived
  • unpretentious
  • unsophisticated
  • up front
  • dull
  • dulled
  • edgeless
  • insensitive
  • obtuse
  • pointless
  • round
  • rounded
  • unsharpened
  • aboveboard
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • equal
  • equitable
  • fair
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • frontal
  • genuine
  • guileless
  • impartial
  • ingenuous
  • just
  • objective
  • open
  • outspoken
  • plain
  • right up front
  • scrupulous
  • sincere
  • absolute
  • bald
  • blunt
  • candid
  • categorical
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • forthright
  • frank
  • matter-of-fact
  • open
  • outspoken
  • person-to-person
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • point-blank
  • sincere
  • straight
  • straight from the shoulder
  • straightforward
  • talk turkey
  • aboveboard
  • bald
  • blunt
  • call a spade a spade
  • candid
  • categorical
  • direct
  • directly
  • forward
  • frank
  • from the hip
  • like it is
  • no lie
  • open
  • outspoken
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • real
  • simple
  • sincere
  • straight
  • undisguised
  • aboveboard
  • apparent
  • artless
  • bare-faced
  • blunt
  • bold
  • brazen
  • call a spade a spade
  • candid
  • direct
  • downright
  • easy
  • familiar
  • flat-out
  • forthright
  • free
  • from the hip
  • guileless
  • heart-to-heart
  • ingenuous
  • lay it on the line
  • like it is
  • chargeless
  • comp
  • complimentary
  • costless
  • for love
  • for nothing
  • free of cost
  • free ride
  • freebie
  • gratis
  • gratuitous
  • handout
  • on the cuff
  • on the house
  • paper
  • unpaid
  • unrecompensed
  • abrupt
  • artless
  • blunt
  • calling spade a spade
  • candid
  • direct
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • open
  • plain
  • plain-spoken
  • point-blank
  • round
  • square
  • straightforward
  • strident
  • talking turkey
  • unceremonious
  • unequivocal
  • unreticent
  • up front
  • accessible
  • agape
  • airy
  • ajar
  • bare
  • clear
  • cleared
  • dehiscent
  • disclosed
  • emptied
  • expanded
  • expansive
  • exposed
  • extended
  • extensive
  • free
  • gaping
  • made passable
  • naked
  • navigable
  • passable
  • patent
  • apparent
  • audible
  • big as life
  • broad
  • comprehensible
  • definite
  • distinct
  • evident
  • legible
  • lucid
  • manifest
  • open
  • open-and-shut
  • palpable
  • patent
  • talking turkey
  • transparent
  • understandable
  • visible
  • aboveboard
  • apparent
  • artless
  • bare-faced
  • blunt
  • bold
  • brazen
  • call a spade a spade
  • candid
  • direct
  • downright
  • easy
  • familiar
  • flat-out
  • forthright
  • free
  • from the hip
  • guileless
  • heart-to-heart
  • honest
  • ingenuous
  • lay it on the line
  • direct
  • frank
  • plain
  • straight
  • annular
  • arced
  • arched
  • arciform
  • bent
  • bowed
  • bulbous
  • circular
  • coiled
  • curled
  • curved
  • curvilinear
  • cylindrical
  • discoid
  • disk-shaped
  • domical
  • egg-shaped
  • elliptical
  • globose
  • globular
  • looped
  • orbed
  • aboveboard
  • decent
  • equal
  • equitable
  • ethical
  • even
  • fair
  • fair-and-square
  • impartial
  • impersonal
  • just
  • nonpartisan
  • objective
  • on-the-level
  • sporting
  • sportspersonlike
  • straight
  • straightforward
  • unbiased
  • unprejudiced
  • upright
  • aboveboard
  • barefaced
  • candid
  • direct
  • forthright
  • frank
  • genuine
  • guileless
  • honorable
  • just
  • laid on the line
  • level
  • like it is
  • mellow
  • open
  • outspoken
  • plain
  • plain-dealing
  • pretenseless
  • right-on
  • sincere
  • square-shooting
  • blatant
  • boisterous
  • clamorous
  • clashing
  • discordant
  • grating
  • hoarse
  • jangling
  • jarring
  • loud
  • noisy
  • obstreperous
  • rasping
  • raucous
  • screeching
  • squawky
  • squeaky
  • stentorian
  • stertorous
  • stridulant
  • stridulous
  • unmusical
  • abrupt
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • brief
  • casual
  • curt
  • familiar
  • hasty
  • inelegant
  • short
  • unconstrained
  • absolute
  • apparent
  • categorical
  • certain
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • decided
  • decisive
  • direct
  • distinct
  • downright
  • evident
  • explicit
  • flat out
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indisputable
  • indubitable
  • manifest
  • no catch
  • no fine print
  • no holds barred
  • abrupt
  • artless
  • blunt
  • calling spade a spade
  • candid
  • direct
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • laying it on the line
  • open
  • plain
  • plain-spoken
  • point-blank
  • round
  • square
  • straightforward
  • strident
  • talking turkey
  • unceremonious
  • unequivocal
  • up front
  • direct
  • forthright
  • frank
  • in advance
  • open
  • up-front
  • articulate
  • articulated
  • choral
  • expressed
  • intonated
  • lyric
  • modulated
  • operatic
  • oral
  • phonetic
  • phonic
  • pronounced
  • put into words
  • said
  • singing
  • sonant
  • sung
  • uttered
  • verbal
  • viva voce
  • vocalic
  • vocalized

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