Usually means: Expressing oneself clearly and simply.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word plainspoken:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. plainspoken: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. plainspoken: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plainspoken: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plainspoken: Vocabulary.com
  5. plainspoken: Wordnik
  6. plainspoken: Wiktionary
  7. plainspoken: Dictionary.com
  8. Plainspoken: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. plainspoken: Rhymezone
  10. plainspoken: Free Dictionary
  11. plainspoken: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. plainspoken: Dictionary/thesaurus
  13. plainspoken: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plainspoken: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plainspoken: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Speaking in a forthright manner.

Similar:
forthright, free-spoken, frank, candid, direct, outspoken, blunt, unrhetorical, point-blank, spadish, more...

Opposite:
verbose, loquacious, garrulous, long-winded, prolix

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain, straightforward, more...

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Similar:
forthright, free-spoken, frank, candid, direct, outspoken, blunt, unrhetorical, point-blank, spadish, more...

Opposite:
verbose, loquacious, garrulous, long-winded, prolix

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain, straightforward, more...



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