Select the ANTONYM of the given word. STRAIGHT

Concept: An antonym is a word whose meaning is opposite to that of another word. To find one, fix the core property the target word names, then choose the word that negates exactly that property — not a word from a different dimension (size, strength, length).

Application: The target word straight describes a line or path that runs directly, without bending or curving. Negating that core property — directness — gives a line that bends or twists. The word that means “bent, twisted, not in a direct line” is crooked, so it is the antonym of straight.

Contrast with the other choices:

• “Weak” — opposite of strong; about strength, not the shape of a line.

• “Short” — opposite of long; about length, not bending.

• “Long” — opposite of short; also about length, and a line can be long yet still straight.

Only crooked reverses the property of being direct/unbent, which is why it is the correct antonym.