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Honest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Honest? [adj] free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest" [adj] not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight" [adj] marked by truth; "gave honest answers" [adj] habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness" [adj] without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food" [adj] without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion" [adj] worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Honest: artless \| dependable \| downright \| guileless \| honorable \| open \| reliable \| square \| straight \| true(p) \| truthful \| unpretentious \| veracious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Honest: angelic \| authentic \| blameless \| bona fide \| candid \| card-carrying \| Christian \| clean \| conscientious \| creditable \| decent \| dependable \| dinkum \| direct \| dispassionate \| equitable \| erect \| estimable \| ethical \| explicit \| fair \| following the letter \| forthright \| frank \| full of integrity \| genuine \| godly \| good \| highly respectable \| high-minded \| high-principled \| honest-to-God \| honorable \| immaculate \| inartificial \| incorruptible \| ingenuous \| inviolate \| irreproachable \| just \| law-abiding \| lawful \| law-loving \| law-revering \| legitimate \| lifelike \| literal \| manly \| moral \| native \| natural \| naturalistic \| noble \| objective \| on the level \| open \| original \| plain \| plain-spoken \| principled \| proper \| pure \| real \| realistic \| reliable \| reputable \| respectable \| right \| righteous \| rightful \| right-minded \| saintlike \| saintly \| scrupulous \| seraphic \| simon-pure \| simple \| sincere \| sound \| spotless \| square \| square-dealing \| square-shooting \| stainless \| sterling \| straight \| straightforward \| sure-enough \| true \| true to life \| true to nature \| true to reality \| true-dealing \| true-devoted \| true-disposing \| truehearted \| true-souled \| true-spirited \| trustworthy \| trusty \| truthful \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unambiguous \| unartificial \| unassumed \| unassuming \| unblemished \| uncolored \| unconcocted \| unconstrained \| uncopied \| uncorrupt \| uncorrupted \| uncounterfeited \| undefiled \| undesigning \| undisguised \| undisguising \| undissembled \| undistorted \| unequivocal \| unexaggerated \| unfabricated \| unfanciful \| unfeigned \| unfeigning \| unfictitious \| unflattering \| unimagined \| unimitated \| unimpeachable \| uninhibited \| uninvented \| unpretended \| unpretending \| unpretentious \| unqualified \| unreserved \| unrestrained \| unromantic \| unsimulated \| unspecious \| unspotted \| unstained \| unsullied \| unsynthetic \| untarnished \| unvarnished \| upright \| uprighteous \| upstanding \| valid \| veracious \| verbal \| verbatim \| veridical \| verisimilar \| virtuous \| word-for-word \| worthy \| yeomanly See Also \| direct \| echt \| genuine \| honourable \| sincere \| true \| trustworthy \| trusty Honest In Webster's Dictionary \Hon"est\, a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honn[^e]te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See {Honor}.] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. --Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! --Shak. 2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight?forwardness 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; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. An honest man's the noblest work of God. --Pope. An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. --Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. --Acts vi. 3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. --Rom. xii. 17. 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. 4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous. Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. --Shak. Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. \Hon"est\, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See {Honest}, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] --Abp. Sandys.

Honest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Honest?

[adj] free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest"
[adj] not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
[adj] marked by truth; "gave honest answers"
[adj] habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness"
[adj] without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
[adj] without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
[adj] worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

Honest In Webster's Dictionary

\Hon"est\, a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F.
honn[^e]te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See
{Honor}.]
1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. --Chaucer.

         Belong what honest clothes you send forth to
         bleaching!                            --Shak.

2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and
   straight?forwardness 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; as, an honest judge or merchant; an
   honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business;
   an honest book; an honest confession.

         An honest man's the noblest work of God. --Pope.

         An honest physician leaves his patient when he can
         contribute no farther to his health.  --Sir W.
                                               Temple.

         Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.
                                               --Acts vi. 3.

         Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
                                               --Rom. xii.
                                               17.

3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

         Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. --Shak.

Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful;
     equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid;
     genuine.


\Hon"est\, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with
honor: cf. F. honester. See {Honest}, a.]
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate,
or honorable. [Obs.] --Abp. Sandys.

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