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honest
[ on-ist ]
/ ËÉn ÉȘst /
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adjective
OTHER WORDS FOR honest
1 trustworthy, truthful, veracious; conscientious, ethical, good, incorruptible, moral, principled, scrupulous; fair, honorable, just.
2 upright.
4 aboveboard, candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, free-hearted, open, open-hearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, straight, straightforward, unguarded, unreserved, up-front; artless, genuine, guileless, ingenuous, natural, simple, sincere, unaffected.
OPPOSITES FOR honest
1 lying, mendacious, untruthful; corrupt, dishonest, immoral, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; dishonorable.
4 dissembling, uncandid, unforthcoming; affected, artful, artificial, disingenuous, guileful, insincere, phony.
6 disreputable.
7 unreliable.
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Origin of honest
First recorded in 1250â1300; Middle English honeste, from Middle French, from Latin honestus âhonorable,â equivalent to hones- (variant stem of honĆs ) honor + -tus adjective suffix
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Words nearby honest
hone, Honecker, honed, Honegger, hone in, honest, honest broker, honest Injun, Honest John, honestly, honest to God
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British Dictionary definitions for honest
honest
/ (ËÉnÉȘst) /
adjective
Derived forms of honest
honestness, nounWord Origin for honest
C13: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus distinguished, from honĆs honour
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