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Honest
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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. |
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