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honesty

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of honesty

1 devotion to telling the truth

George Washington has gone down in history for his honesty

Synonyms of honesty

integrity, probity, truthfulness, veracity, verity

Words Related to honesty

honor, honorableness, incorruptibility, rectitude, righteousness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness

artlessness, candidness, candor, forthrightness, frankness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

dependability, reliability, reliableness, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness

accuracy, objectivity

authenticity, correctness, genuineness, truth

Near Antonyms of honesty

artifice, cozenage, crookedness, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, falseness, falsity, fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity, two-facedness

beguilement, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, furtiveness, guile, indirection, insidiousness, oiliness, perfidy, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness, treacherousness, trickery, underhandedness, unscrupulousness, wiliness

equivocation, prevarication

exaggeration, inaccuracy

Antonyms of honesty

deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness

2 conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong

he's known for his honesty in business dealings

Synonyms of honesty

character, decency, goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Words Related to honesty

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness

appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness

Near Antonyms of honesty

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion

debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness

crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness

lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness

Antonyms of honesty

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

3 faithfulness to high moral standards

she knew she could count on her students' honesty, even if she left the classroom for a few moments during the test

Synonyms of honesty

honor, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness

Words Related to honesty

blamelessness, character, conscientiousness, decency, fairness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, morality, nobility, reputability, respectability, right-mindedness, scrupulousness, virtue, virtuousness

Near Antonyms of honesty

corruptibility, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, disgrace, disgracefulness, disreputableness, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, profligacy, shamelessness, venality

blameworthiness, criminality, crookedness, dishonesty, immorality, unrighteousness, unscrupulousness

knavery, rascality, roguishness

meanness, reprehensibleness, rottenness, sinfulness, vileness, villainy, wickedness, wretchedness

Antonyms of honesty

baseness, dishonor, lowness

4 the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions

I am speaking with all honesty when I say that your apple pie is the best I've ever tasted

Synonyms of honesty

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, plumpness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, unreserve, unreservedness

Words Related to honesty

earnestness, sincerity, sobriety

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete), simplicity, unsophistication

communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint

Near Antonyms of honesty

circuitousness, evasiveness, secretiveness

inhibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness

diplomacy, tact

Antonyms of honesty

dissembling, dissimulation, indirection

Synonym Discussion of honesty

honesty, honor, integrity, probity mean uprightness of character or action. honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position. integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge. probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

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