Synonyms Dictionary
7. respectable, reputable, creditable, estimable, highly respectable, straight-arrow; law-abiding, law-loving; virtuous, righteous, uprighteous; chaste, sinless, spotless, pure, immaculate, unblemished, unstained, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, undefiled, unsmirched.
8. believable, credible; conceivable, plausible, colorable, specious.
9. humble, modest, simple, unassuming, unpretentious, unpretending, unpresumptuous, unpresuming; plain, unadorned, undecorated, unornamented, ungarnished, unvarnished, unembellished. honestly, adv. 1. uprightly, upstandingly, incor-ruptibly, uncorruptly, uncorruptedly; ethically, morally, high-mindedly; truthfully, trustworthily, Inf. trustily, responsibly, reliably, dependably; loyally, faithfully, staunchly, steadfastly.
2. honorably, worthily, right, decently, well; justly, fairly, impartially, equitably, objectively, disinterestedly, dispassionately, even, even-handedly, squarely, fair and square.
3. legitimately, soundly, validly; rightfully, properly, lawfully, licitly, legally.
4. open-heartedly, ingenuously, guilelessly, artlessly, sincerely, genuinely; overtly, openly, aboveboard, in open sight, in the open, out in the open, in full view, in plain view, in public, in public view, publicly, for all to see; up front, out front, on the table.
5. candidly, frankly, forthrightly, straightforwardly, to one's face, man to man, heart to heart, from the heart; explicitly, unequivocally, plainly, in plain words or English, with no nonsense, all joking aside; outspokenly, freely, boldly, unreservedly, unrestrainedly, unabashedly; bluntly, bluffly, brusquely, brashly, tactlessly. honesty, n. 1. uprightness, rectitude, probity, honor, integrity; justice, justness, fairness, impartiality, equity, equitableness, objectivity, objectiveness, disinterestedness, evenness, evenhandedness, Inf levelness; straightness, squareness, square dealing, plain dealing, square shooting, straight shooting; open-mindedness, freedom from bias or prejudice.
2. truthfulness, veracity, veraciousness, truth-telling, truth-speaking, truth-loving, truth-dealing; candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, calling a spade a spade. Inf. calling it as one sees it, Sl. telling it like it is; plainness, plain-spokenness, plain-speaking, downrightness, outrightness, explicitness, unequivocalness; outspokenness, freespokenness, free-speaking, nonreticence, freeness, boldness, unreserve, unrestraint, unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unabashedness; bluntness, bluffness, brusqueness, brashness, tactlessness.
3. openness, open-heartedness, ingenuousness, guilelessness, artlessness, sincerity, sincereness, genuineness, undeceptiveness, undeceitfulness. honey, n. 1. nectar, syrup, molasses, Brit, treacle, sorghum.
2. flattery, praise, compliment, music to one's ears; syrupiness, sweetness, cajolery, cajolement, flummery, puff, blarney; delight, pleasure, bliss, rapture, ecstasy.
3. (often cap.) sugar, sweetie, honeybunch, honey-bun, dear, darling, sweetheart.
4. Informal, peach, gem, jewel, pearl, honeycomb, n. 1. comb, honey cells, cellular structure; labyrinth, maze; sieve, perforation, sifter, strainer.
-v. 2. perforate, pit, riddle, Fine Arts, cribble;
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