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laying it on the line synonyms

Trying to find another word for laying it on the line in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of laying it on the line in 22 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for laying it on the line 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
  • abrupt
  • artless
  • blunt
  • candid
  • direct
  • forthright
  • frank
  • free
  • laying it on the line
  • open
  • plain
  • plain-spoken
  • point-blank
  • round
  • square
  • straightforward
  • strident
  • talking turkey
  • unceremonious
  • unequivocal
  • unreticent
  • up front
  • 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
  • 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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