honest
1hon·est
adj \ˈä-nəst\Definition of HONEST
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a : reputable, respectable <honest decent people> b chiefly British : good, worthy
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: creditable, praiseworthy <an honest day's work>
Examples of HONEST
- He says that it's impossible to find an honest politician.
- These criminals pose a danger to honest citizens.
- He has an honest face.
- Just give me an honest answer.
- If you want my honest opinion, you should get a job.
- To be perfectly honest, I don't want to go.
- He gave us a painfully honest account of his childhood.
- It was an honest error.
- He still goes to the office every morning and puts in an honest day's work.
Origin of HONEST
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin honestus honorable, from honos, honor honor
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to HONEST
Related Words: candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, freehearted, free-spoken, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken; believable, credible, true, veritable; artless, earnest, genuine, guileless, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious; conscientious, moral, principled, scrupulous; aboveboard, dependable, reliable, trustable, trustworthy, trusty
Near Antonyms: fallacious, false, untrue; unbelievable, undependable, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy; bluffing, dissembling, dissimulating, duplicitous, equivocating, hypocritical, insincere, posing, pretending; artful, deceitful, deceptive, devious, evasive, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily
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