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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal]
2: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1808 1. direct and open in speech or expression ; frank <outspoken in his criticism — Current Biography> 2. spoken or expressed without reserve <his outspoken advocacy of gun control> • outspokenly adverb • outspokenness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. given to or involving plain speaking; frank in stating one's opinions. Derivatives: outspokenly adv. outspokenness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outspoken Out*spo"ken, a. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke. -- Out*spo"ken*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is outspoken gives their opinions about things openly and honestly, even if they are likely to shock or offend people. Some church leaders have been outspoken in their support for political reform in Kenya... = forthright ADJ • outspokenness His outspokenness has ensured that he has at least one senior enemy within the BBC hierarchy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Plain, frank, candid, unreserved.

Moby Thesaurus

accessible, approachable, articulate, artless, bluff, blunt, bold, born yesterday, brash, broad, brusque, candid, childlike, communicative, confiding, conversable, crude, demonstrative, direct, downright, effusive, eloquent, expansive, explicit, extroverted, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free hand, free-acting, free-going, free-moving, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freehanded, genuine, gossipy, guileless, heart-to-heart, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, naive, newsy, open, openhearted, outgoing, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank, round, self-revealing, self-revelatory, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, sociable, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, specific, straight, straight-out, straightforward, strident, tactless, talkative, talking, transparent, true-speaking, trustful, trusting, unambiguous, unceremonious, unchecked, unconstrained, undiplomatic, unequivocal, unguarded, unhampered, uninhibited, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsophisticated, unsubtle, unsuppressed, unsuspicious, unwary, vocal, well-spoken