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honest definition
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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")
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