straighten

straighten is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
2. transitive verb. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
3. transitive verb. A variant of Straiten.
4. verb. put (things or places) in order

   "Tidy up your room!"

   Synonyms: neaten, tidy

5. verb. make straight or straighter

   "Straighten this post"

   "straighten hair"

6. verb. make straight
7. verb. straighten by unrolling

   "roll out the big map"

8. verb. get up from a sitting or slouching position

   "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

9. verb. straighten up or out; make straight

   Synonyms: unbend

Synonyms

neaten, tidy, unbend

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in straighten:

shattering

Common word forms

straightens, straightened, straightener, straightening

Words from these letters

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