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UK
/ˈɒnɪst/
]
[ US /ˈɑnəst/ ]
[ US /ˈɑnəst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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without dissimulation; frank
my honest opinion -
not forged
a good dollar bill -
without pretensions
good honest food
worked at an honest trade -
gained or earned without cheating or stealing
an honest wage
an fair penny -
marked by truth
honest reporting
gave honest answers
honest reporting -
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
honest reporting
honest lawyers
honest reporting -
worthy of being depended on
a reliable source of information
an honest working stiff
I would be true for there are those who trust me
a dependable worker
he was true to his word
a dependable worker
a reliable source of information
How To Use honest In A Sentence
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
- Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.
- Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
- We've had a bouvier for 7 years, and I can honestly say that they're not for everyone. I've never had a dog.
- There is actually a dishonesty, really, about that slogan that says to keep it in the laboratory and it will be OK.
- Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia
- I'm sure there's a load of stuff I'm supposed to be doing today, but quite honestly I can't remember what it was.