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How does the noun integrity contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of integrity are honesty, honor, and probity. While all these words mean "uprightness of character or action," integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

When is it sensible to use honesty instead of integrity?

Although the words honesty and integrity have much in common, honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

When can honor be used instead of integrity?

The words honor and integrity are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position.

When would probity be a good substitute for integrity?

While the synonyms probity and integrity are close in meaning, probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of integrity While serving as the fourth highest ranking FBI official, Knapp managed a $300 million budget and 2,000 people, tasked with responsibilities including counterterrorism efforts and maintaining election integrity. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025 My unique perspective as an immigrant woman from a humble background, combined with my dedication to community service and integrity, sets me apart from my opponents. Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025 The latest sensor developed by Honeywell helps businesses with high purity standards maintain the integrity of their manufacturing processes and reliably create high-quality end products. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025 Journalistic integrity, preparation, getting proper names correct. Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for integrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
  • Released in 1936, this morality tale against marijuana was financed by a long-defunct church group called the Motion Picture Guild.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Spare us the lesson in morality on peace if your goal is escalation.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What if leadership looked less like certainty — and more like honesty?
    Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Over nearly three decades, Baumbach has built a career chronicling families in crisis and artists at the crossroads, his films combining biting wit with an unflinching emotional honesty.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nonetheless, commonplace platitudes about honor and bravery take precedence over the feminist undertones Wyatt may aspire to.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, state lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Illinois moved to establish state holidays in Kirk’s honor, while proposals in Arizona and Florida would rename highways after him.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Growing longer, healthier hair takes a lot of patience—a virtue that clashes with social media’s instant gratification itch.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In his mind, the army was not a caste apart but an instrument of the republic – an arena in which self-command and civic virtue were tested.
    Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If Okoro plays his cards right (and follows through on his jumper), Josh Giddey should improve his reliability as an offensive player.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The new method could improve the safety and reliability of future nuclear reactors.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are few people in human history whose last names alone are sufficient to conjure up kindness, goodness, wisdom, grace—Mandela, Gandhi, King, Lincoln.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Any starchy side to soak up all the goodness!
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the movie, there is a montage with a voiceover that shows a classroom interaction between Lohan's character and her crush, Aaron Samuels, played by Jonathan Bennett.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The wardrobe and general aesthetic of the character were also already in his mind prior to casting.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, Lightfoot’s stubborn purity is surely why listeners recognize his sincerity in memorializing such a tragic event.
    John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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