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

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

None of this is technically aboveboard, but these dirty little cheaters are the entire heart and soul of this show right now. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026

Spending cuts should be made in an aboveboard way, however, not by tripping up Americans with bureaucratic landmines. — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Dec. 2025

This is handy because the AI will not hold back if the therapist insists that the AI be aboveboard and blunt. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025