Thesaurus
sincere
Synonyms and Antonyms of sincere
- She offered a sincere apology for her angry outburst.
- done out of a sincere desire to help others
artless, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed
spontaneous, unforced, unstudied
candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded
exploitable, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, unwary
on the level
critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary
cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced
arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily
affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
Synonym Discussion of sincere
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- a sincere apology
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- promised our wholehearted support
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- expresses our heartfelt gratitude
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- received a hearty welcome
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- her unfeigned delight at receiving the award
Learn More about sincere
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Dictionary: Definition of sincere Spanish Central: Translation of sincere Nglish: Translation of sincere for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of sincere for Arabic speakers
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