honestadjective
uk/ˈɒn.ɪst/us/ˈɑː.nɪst/B1 telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal, cheat, or lie:
She's completely honest.
I'd like you to give me an honest answer/your honest opinion.
He had an honest face (= he looked like he could be trusted).
To be honest (with you), I don't think it will be possible.
Opposite
dishonest
More examples
- Be honest now - do you think this dress is too young for me ?
- I wasn't entirely honest with him, I admit, but I didn't actually tell him any lies.
- To be brutally honest, you look fat in that dress.
- She has an honest, open face.
- I didn't know she would be there - that's the honest truth.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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Idiom(s)
honest (to God/goodness)
make an honest living
make an honest woman (out) of sb