'Honest' definitions:
Definition of 'honest'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn: honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable]
adjective
Without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
adjective
Worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable, true(p)]
adjective
Without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
adjective
Marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting"
adjective
Not forged; "a good dollar bill" [syn: good, honest]
adjective
Gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny" [syn: honest, fair]
Definition of 'Honest'
From: GCIDE
- Honest \Hon"est\, a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honn[^e]te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.]
- 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. [1913 Webster]
- An honest man's the noblest work of God. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. --Acts vi. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Provide things honest in the sight of all men. --Rom. xii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous. [1913 Webster]
- Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. --Shak.
- Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Honest'
From: GCIDE
- Honest \Hon"est\, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] --Abp. Sandys. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'honest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angelic,
- authentic,
- blameless,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- Christian,
- clean,
- conscientious,
- creditable,
- decent,
- dependable,
- dinkum,
- direct,
- dispassionate,
- equitable,
- erect,
- estimable,
- ethical,
- explicit,
- fair,
- following the letter,
- forthright,
- frank,
- full of integrity,
- genuine,
- godly,
- good,
- high-minded,
- high-principled,
- highly respectable,
- honest-to-God,
- honorable,
- immaculate,
- inartificial,
- incorruptible,
- ingenuous,
- inviolate,
- irreproachable,
- just,
- law-abiding,
- law-loving,
- law-revering,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- manly,
- moral,
- native,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- noble,
- objective,
- on the level,
- open,
- original,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- principled,
- proper,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- reliable,
- reputable,
- respectable,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- rightful,
- saintlike,
- saintly,
- scrupulous,
- seraphic,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- sound,
- spotless,
- square,
- square-dealing,
- square-shooting,
- stainless,
- sterling,
- straight,
- straightforward,
- sure-enough,
- true,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- true-dealing,
- true-devoted,
- true-disposing,
- true-souled,
- true-spirited,
- truehearted,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- truthful,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unambiguous,
- unartificial,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- unblemished,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- unconstrained,
- uncopied,
- uncorrupt,
- uncorrupted,
- uncounterfeited,
- undefiled,
- undesigning,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undissembled,
- undistorted,
- unequivocal,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- unimpeachable,
- uninhibited,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious,
- unqualified,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- unsynthetic,
- untarnished,
- unvarnished,
- upright,
- uprighteous,
- upstanding,
- valid,
- veracious,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- virtuous,
- word-for-word,
- worthy,
- yeomanly