honest

Adjective

• Truthful and sincere; free from deceit or fraud.
• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
  • "honest lawyers"
  • "honest reporting"

Adjective Satellite

• without dissimulation; frank
  • "my honest opinion"
• worthy of being depended on
  • "an honest working stiff"
• without pretensions
  • "worked at an honest trade"
  • "good honest food"
• marked by truth
  • "gave honest answers"
  • "honest reporting"
• not forged
• gained or earned without cheating or stealing
  • "an honest wage"

Adj

• Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
• True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
• In good faith; without malice.
• Accurate.
• Authentic; full.
• Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
• Open; frank.
• Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
• Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

Verb

• To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

Adv

• Honestly; really.

Examples

• an honest account of events
• an honest countenance
• an honest day's work
• an honest dollar
• an honest mistake
• an honest scale
• brutally honest
• honest reporting
• It wasn’t my fault, honest.
• To be honest, I thought my opponent was bluffing about having a seven-letter word.
• We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.

Synonyms

dependable, fair, good, honorable, reliable, true, earnest, fair dinkum, forthright, foursquare, frank, genuine, honest, legitimate, on the level, on the up-and-up, square, straight, straight dinkum, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful, up front, veracious, veridical

Antonyms

dishonest, hypocritical, insincere, shady

Related Words

truth, veracity, HONESTLY

Anagrams of honest