<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of straighten

  • (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
  • (v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
  • (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Synonyms

unbend , straighten out , tidy , tidy up , clean up , neaten , straighten out , square away , roll out

Antonyms

bend

Homophones

straiten

Rhymes

aten , batan , brayton , cayton , clayton , crayton , creighton , dayton , deyton , drayton , eyton , gaytan , gayton , greaten , hayton , katen , katyn , lateen , latten , layton , leighton , natan , paighton , paten , payton , peyton , platan , ratan , satan , shaitan , slaten , slayton , straiten , vanstraten