Honest

['ɒnɪst] or ['ɑnɪst]

Definition

(adj.) gained or earned without cheating or stealing; 'an honest wage'; 'an fair penny' .

(adj.) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; 'honest lawyers'; 'honest reporting' .

(adj.) marked by truth; 'gave honest answers'; 'honest reporting' .

(adj.) without pretensions; 'worked at an honest trade'; 'good honest food' .

(adj.) without dissimulation; frank; 'my honest opinion' .

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Definition

(a.) Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

(a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

(a.) Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

(a.) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

(a.) To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Checked by Beth

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Honorable, reputable, creditable, right, proper, equitable.[2]. Upright, virtuous, conscientious, just, true, fair, faithful, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word.[3]. Sincere, candid, frank.

Checker: Yale

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Honorable, upright, virtuous, proper, right, sincere, conscientious

ANT:Dishonest, dishonorable, vicious, improper, wrong, insincere

Editor: Louise

Definition

adj. full of honour: just: the opposite of thievish free from fraud: frank fair-seeming openly shown: chaste: (B.) honourable.—adv. Hon′estly.—n. Hon′esty the state of being honest: integrity: candour: a small flowering plant so called from its transparent seed-pouch: (B.) becoming deportment: (Shak.) chastity.—Make an honest woman of to marry where the woman has been dishonoured first.

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