straighten

Verbs

(v) straighten up or out; make straight unbend,
(v) make straight straighten out,
(v) get up from a sitting or slouching position
- The students straightened when the teacher entered
(v) put (things or places) in order
- Tidy up your room!
clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten out,
(v) straighten by unrolling
- roll out the big map
roll out,
(v) make straight or straighter
- Straighten this post
- straighten hair

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

bend flex

See also

unsnarl disentangle straighten out crystalise crystalize crystallise shed light on crystallize elucidate illuminate sort out enlighten clear up clear

Words of close approximity

straightener straighten out straighten up