Honest

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.
  • adj. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.
  • adj. Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.
  • adj. Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting.
  • adj. Sincere; frank: an honest critique.
  • adj. Of good repute; respectable.
  • adj. Without affectation; plain: honest folk.
  • adj. Virtuous; chaste.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
  • adj. True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
  • adj. In good faith; without malice.
  • adj. Accurate.
  • adj. Authentic; full.
  • adj. Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
  • v. To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
  • adj. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed
  • adj. Open; frank.
  • adj. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
  • v. To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a sense of honor; having honorable feelings, motives, or principles; free from deceit or hypocrisy; true, candid, upright, or just in speech and action; fair in dealing, or sincere in utterance; worthy to be trusted.
  • Specifically— Having the virtue of chastity; chaste; virtuous: said of a woman.
  • Having no disposition to cheat, steal, or lie.
  • Characterized by or proceeding from honorable motives or principles; marked by truth, justice, sincerity, fairness, etc.: as, an honest transaction; honest opinions or motives; an honest effort.
  • Of honorable quality; creditable; reputable; proper; becoming: as, a man of honest report.
  • Excellent in quality; good.
  • Of honorable appearance; fair-seeming; having the semblance of truthfulness, fairness, etc.
  • Open; undisguised; boldly or frankly showing purpose, character, or quality, whether good or bad: as, the honest pursuit of pleasure or gain; an honest rogue.
  • Synonyms and Conscientious, trust-worthy, trusty, frank.
  • To do honor to; grace; adorn.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. without dissimulation; frank
  • adj. not forged
  • adj. gained or earned without cheating or stealing
  • adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
  • adj. worthy of being depended on
  • adj. without pretensions
  • adj. marked by truth
  • Equivalent
    sincere    echt    genuine    just    equitable    downright    trusty    trustworthy    unpretentious    true   
    Antonym
    dishonest   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trusty    just    equitable    frank    sincere    faithful    candid    honorable    fair    upright   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dishonest    pianist   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intelligent    sincere    friendly    sober    healthy    wise    young    property    manly    pretty