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honest
adjective
1 honest
Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent:
— Honest lawyers.
— Honest reporting.
synonym: honorable.
Roget 960:
pure,
undefiled,
modest,
delicate,
decent,
decorous;
virginibus puerisque [Lat.];
simon-pure;
chaste,
continent,
virtuous,
honest,
Platonic.
virgin,
unsullied;
cherry [Coll.].
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Roget 939:
upright;
honest,
honest as daylight;
veracious
etc.
543;
virtuous
etc.
944;
honorable;
fair,
right,
just,
equitable,
impartial,
evenhanded,
square;
fair and aboveboard,
open and aboveboard;
white [U.S.].
constant,
constant as the northern star;
faithful,
loyal,
staunch;
true,
true blue,
true to one's colors,
true to the core,
true as the needle to the pole;
marble-constant"
[Antony and Cleopatra];
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy;
as good as one's word,
to be depended on,
incorruptible.
straightforward
etc.
(ingenuous)
703;
frank,
candid,
open-hearted.
conscientious,
tender-conscienced,
right-minded;
high-principled,
high-minded;
scrupulous,
religious,
strict;
nice,
punctilious,
correct,
punctual;
respectable,
reputable;
gentlemanlike†.
inviolable,
inviolate;
unviolated†,
unbroken,
unbetrayed;
unbought,
unbribed†.
innocent
etc.
946;
pure,
stainless;
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured†;
uncorrupt,
uncorrupted;
undefiled,
undepraved†,
undebauched†;
integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.]
[Horace];
justus et tenax propositi [Lat.]
[Horace].
chivalrous,
jealous of honor,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
high-spirited.
supramundane†,
unworldly,
other-worldly,
overscrupulous†.
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Roget 703:
artless,
natural,
pure,
native,
confiding,
simple,
lain,
inartificial†,
untutored,
unsophisticated,
ingenu†,
unaffected,
naive;
sincere,
frank;
open,
open as day;
candid,
ingenuous,
guileless;
unsuspicious,
honest
etc.
939;
innocent
etc.
946;
Arcadian†;
undesigning,
straightforward,
unreserved,
aboveboard;
simple-minded,
single-minded;
frank-hearted,
open-hearted,
single-hearted,
simple-hearted.
free-spoken,
plain-spoken,
outspoken;
blunt,
downright,
direct,
matter of fact,
unpoetical†;
unflattering.
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Polish: uczciwy
2 honest
Without dissimulation; frank.
Polish: szczery
3 honest
Worthy of being depended on:
— An honest working stiff.
synonyms: dependable, reliable, true.
Roget 543:
truthful,
true;
veracious,
veridical;
scrupulous
etc.
(honorable)
939;
sincere,
candid,
frank,
open,
straightforward,
unreserved;
open hearted,
true hearted,
simple-hearted;
honest,
trustworthy;
undissembling
etc.
(dissemble)
etc.
544†;
guileless,
pure;
truth-loving;
unperjured†;
true blue,
as good as one's word;
unaffected,
unfeigned,
bona fide;
outspoken,
ingenuous
etc.
(artless)
703;
undisguised
etc.
(real)
494.
uncontrived.
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Polish: odpowiedzialny, świadomy
4 honest
5 honest
Marked by truth.
Polish: uczciwy
6 honest
Not forged.
synonym: good.
7 honest
Gained or earned without cheating or stealing:
— An honest wage.
synonym: fair.
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