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单词 honesty
释义

honesty

noun

hon·​es·​ty ˈä-nə-stē How to pronounce honesty (audio)
plural honesties
1
a
: adherence to the facts : sincerity
doubted the honesty of the witness
b
: fairness and straightforwardness of conduct
calling for honesty in politics
2
: any of a genus (Lunaria) of European herbs of the mustard family with toothed leaves and flat disk-shaped siliques
3
obsolete : chastity

Synonyms

  • integrity
  • probity
  • truthfulness
  • veracity
  • verity
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Example Sentences

She is admired for her kindness and her honesty. He demands honesty from everyone who works for him. He didn't even have enough honesty to tell me he was leaving.
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Word History

Etymology

see honest entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Kids Definition

honesty

noun

hon·​es·​ty ˈä-nə-stē How to pronounce honesty (audio)
: the quality or state of being truthful and fair

honesty

noun

1
as in integrity
devotion to telling the truth George Washington has gone down in history for his honesty

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • integrity
  • sincerity
  • truthfulness
  • reliability
  • authenticity
  • probity
  • credibility
  • veracity
  • frankness
  • forthrightness
  • candor
  • reliableness
  • truth
  • candidness
  • verity
  • straightforwardness
  • accuracy
  • scrupulousness
  • trustworthiness
  • dependability
  • objectivity
  • honorableness
  • ingenuousness
  • guilelessness
  • incorruptibility
  • uprightness
  • rectitude
  • artlessness
  • righteousness
  • scrupulosity
  • good faith
  • genuineness
  • honor
  • right-mindedness
  • correctness
  • trustability
  • plainspokenness
  • trustiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dishonesty
  • lying
  • deceit
  • hypocrisy
  • untruthfulness
  • deception
  • duplicity
  • mendacity
  • insincerity
  • deceitfulness
  • falsity
  • smoothness
  • falseness
  • dissimulation
  • fakery
  • artifice
  • dissembling
  • cunning
  • mendaciousness
  • crookedness
  • unscrupulousness
  • slyness
  • trickery
  • perfidy
  • wiliness
  • underhandedness
  • guile
  • dupery
  • indirection
  • cunningness
  • insidiousness
  • craftiness
  • furtiveness
  • slipperiness
  • two-facedness
  • slickness
  • prevarication
  • cozenage
  • exaggeration
  • equivocation
  • beguilement
  • oiliness
  • double-dealing
  • inaccuracy
  • fraudulentness
  • treacherousness
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2
as in morality
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong he's known for his honesty in business dealings

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • integrity
  • morality
  • virtue
  • goodness
  • decency
  • ethics
  • probity
  • rightness
  • morals
  • character
  • uprightness
  • rectitude
  • honor
  • virtuousness
  • righteousness
  • scrupulousness
  • incorruptibility
  • decorum
  • correctness
  • appropriateness
  • scrupulosity
  • high-mindedness
  • etiquette
  • propriety
  • fitness
  • seemliness
  • right-mindedness
  • irreproachability
  • irreproachableness
  • decorousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • evil
  • immorality
  • wickedness
  • badness
  • villainy
  • sin
  • dishonesty
  • indiscretion
  • iniquity
  • degradation
  • impropriety
  • indecency
  • perversion
  • indecorum
  • depravity
  • sinfulness
  • evildoing
  • unscrupulousness
  • debauchery
  • degeneracy
  • meanness
  • viciousness
  • crookedness
  • corruption
  • vileness
  • underhandedness
  • lowness
  • pervertedness
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3
as in honor
faithfulness to high moral standards she knew she could count on her students' honesty, even if she left the classroom for a few moments during the test

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • integrity
  • honor
  • morality
  • probity
  • virtue
  • uprightness
  • rectitude
  • justice
  • fairness
  • respectability
  • righteousness
  • conscientiousness
  • decency
  • reputability
  • scrupulousness
  • nobility
  • incorruptibility
  • virtuousness
  • blamelessness
  • character
  • high-mindedness
  • right-mindedness
  • irreproachability
  • irreproachableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dishonesty
  • baseness
  • dishonor
  • shamelessness
  • degradation
  • corruption
  • venality
  • lowness
  • perversion
  • decadence
  • depravity
  • looseness
  • corruptness
  • disgrace
  • criminality
  • debasement
  • corruptibility
  • dissipation
  • profligacy
  • immorality
  • unscrupulousness
  • degeneracy
  • dissoluteness
  • debauchery
  • crookedness
  • unrighteousness
  • rascality
  • meanness
  • blameworthiness
  • disreputableness
  • disgracefulness
  • knavery
  • pervertedness
  • rottenness
  • sinfulness
  • wickedness
  • vileness
  • villainy
  • dissipatedness
  • roguishness
  • wretchedness
  • reprehensibleness
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4
as in sincerity
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions I am speaking with all honesty when I say that your apple pie is the best I've ever tasted

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sincerity
  • frankness
  • forthrightness
  • directness
  • candor
  • candidness
  • straightforwardness
  • bluntness
  • openness
  • outspokenness
  • simplicity
  • openheartedness
  • plainness
  • earnestness
  • unguardedness
  • unreserve
  • plainspokenness
  • unreservedness
  • plumpness
  • naïveté
  • sobriety
  • genuineness
  • artlessness
  • freedom
  • naivete
  • communicativeness
  • naiveté
  • unsophistication
  • unrestraint
  • uninhibitedness
  • license
  • unrestrainedness
  • licence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dissimulation
  • indirection
  • dissembling
  • evasiveness
  • secretiveness
  • restraint
  • reticence
  • tact
  • inhibition
  • shyness
  • diplomacy
  • reserve
  • circuitousness
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of honesty are honor, integrity, and probity. While all these words mean "uprightness of character or action," honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

While the synonyms honor and honesty are close in meaning, honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position.

The meanings of integrity and honesty largely overlap; however, integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

While in some cases nearly identical to honesty, probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

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