Entry Word: honesty

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 devotion to telling the truth <George Washington has gone down in history for his honesty>

Synonyms integrity, probity, truthfulness, veracity, verity

Related Words honor, incorruptibility; candidness, candor, frankness, good faith, sincerity, straightforwardness; dependability, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness; accuracy, objectivity; authenticity, correctness, genuineness; credibility

Near Antonyms deception, dissembling, dissimulation, duplicity, fakery, falseness, falsity, fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity; beguilement, craftiness, cunning, furtiveness, guile, insidiousness, oiliness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness, trickery, underhandedness, wiliness; equivocation, prevarication; exaggeration, inaccuracy

Antonyms deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendacity, untruthfulness

2 conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong <known for his honesty in business dealings> — see morality 1
3 faithfulness to high moral standards <could count on her studentsʼ honesty, even if she left the classroom for a few moments during the test> — see honor 1