Grep of noun honest
honestness
honesty
Overview of adj honest
The adj honest has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (10) honest, honorable -- (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight")
2. (5) honest -- (without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion")
3. (2) dependable, honest, reliable, true -- (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")
4. (1) guileless, honest -- (free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest")
5. honest -- (without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food")
6. veracious, honest -- (habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness")
7. honest -- (marked by truth; "gave honest answers")
Antonyms of adj honest
7 senses of honest
Sense 1
honest (vs. dishonest), honorable
dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable
=> ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued
=> beguiling
=> deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
=> deceptive, misleading
=> false
=> picaresque
=> rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly
=> thieving(postnominal), thievish
Sense 2
honest
INDIRECT (VIA sincere) -> insincere
Sense 3
dependable, honest, reliable, true(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA trustworthy) -> untrustworthy, untrusty
Sense 4
guileless, honest
INDIRECT (VIA artless) -> artful
Sense 5
honest
INDIRECT (VIA unpretentious) -> pretentious
Sense 6
veracious, honest
INDIRECT (VIA truthful) -> untruthful
Sense 7
honest
INDIRECT (VIA truthful) -> untruthful
Similarity of adj honest
7 senses of honest
Sense 1
honest (vs. dishonest), honorable
=> downright
=> open
=> square, straight
Also See-> direct#3; genuine#1, echt#1; honorable#2, honourable#1; sincere#1; straight#6; true#1; trustworthy#1, trusty#1
Sense 2
honest
=> sincere (vs. insincere)
Sense 3
dependable, honest, reliable, true(prenominal)
=> trustworthy (vs. untrustworthy), trusty
Sense 4
guileless, honest
=> artless (vs. artful)
Sense 5
honest
=> unpretentious (vs. pretentious)
Sense 6
veracious, honest
=> truthful (vs. untruthful), true
Sense 7
honest
=> truthful (vs. untruthful), true
Attributes of adj honest
Familiarity of adj honest
honest used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7)
Grep of adj honest
dishonest
honest
honest-to-god
honest-to-goodness
Overview of adj honest
The adj honest has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (10) honest, honorable -- (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight")
2. (5) honest -- (without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion")
3. (2) dependable, honest, reliable, true -- (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")
4. (1) guileless, honest -- (free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest")
5. honest -- (without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food")
6. veracious, honest -- (habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness")
7. honest -- (marked by truth; "gave honest answers")
honest definition
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