Synonyms of aboveboard

aboveboard

adjective

as in honest

straightforward in manner

The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring.

an aboveboard and responsible proposal

Related Words

• honest
• reliable
• trustworthy
• dependable
• truthful
• open
• frank
• forthright
• candid
• credible
• outspoken
• trusty
• veracious
• trustable
• forthcoming
• direct
• plain
• openhearted
• guileless
• unaffected
• earnest
• out-front
• genuine
• artless
• scrupulous
• believable
• unpretentious
• unpretending
• conscientious
• free-spoken
• plainspoken
• foursquare
• veritable
• true
• moral
• principled
• freehearted

Dissimilar Words

• untrue
• false
• unscrupulous
• fallacious
• untrustworthy
• unreliable
• unbelievable
• undependable
• insincere
• pretending
• hypocritical
• duplicitous
• deceptive
• artful
• evasive
• underhanded
• devious
• deceitful
• sly
• tricky
• dishonest
• treacherous
• wily
• slick
• sneaky
• slippery
• dissembling
• dissimulating
• lying
• untruthful
• mendacious
• bluffing
• posing
• equivocating
• fibbing
• prevaricating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aboveboard

Now, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to aboveboard maritime trade, the only vessels still moving are the ones that ignore the rules. — Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026

This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Compared with the deceptive practices Russia employs in countries like Kenya and Nepal, Ukraine’s recruitment of Colombian fighters appears to be largely aboveboard. — Manuel Rueda, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2026

The sheriff’s office certainly knew that an enormous marijuana black market — orders of magnitude larger than its aboveboard counterpart — still thrived in California, despite legalization or maybe because of it. — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026