honest
Definitions
- Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
- sincere
- True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
- In good faith; without malice.
- first-person singular present indicative of sincerar
- Accurate.
- Authentic; full.
- Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
- Open; frank.
- Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
- Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
Examples
“brutally honest”
“We’re the most honest people you will ever come⟳ across.”
“A true and honest physician is excused for leaving his patient, when he finds the disease grown desperate”
“an honest account of events”
“honest reporting”
“an honest mistake⟳”
“an honest scale”
“an honest day's work⟳”
“an honest dollar”
“an honest countenance”
“Behold what honest clothes you send⟳ forth to bleaching!”
“[…] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie.”
“[T]here are Wolf-Whelps in Palaces, and Governments, as well as in Cottages, and Forreſts. […] They go out however, as there is Occaſion, and Hunt and Growle for Company; but at the ſame time, they give⟳ the Sign⟳ out of their Maſters hand, hold⟳ Intelligence with the Enemy; and Make⟳ uſe of their Power and Credit to Worry⟳ Honeſter Men them Themſelves.”
“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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