[ UK /ˈɒnɪst/ ]
[ US /ˈɑnəst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. without dissimulation; frank
    my honest opinion
  2. not forged
    a good dollar bill
  3. without pretensions
    good honest food
    worked at an honest trade
  4. gained or earned without cheating or stealing
    an honest wage
    an fair penny
  5. marked by truth
    honest reporting
    gave honest answers
    honest reporting
  6. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
    honest reporting
    honest lawyers
    honest reporting
  7. 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
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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.
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