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I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.
Giacomo Casanova

Meaning of "honest" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HONEST

From Old French honeste, from Latin honestus distinguished, from honōshonour.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HONEST

honest  [ˈɒnɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HONEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Honesty

Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Furthermore, honesty means being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere. Honesty is valued in many ethnic and religious cultures. "Honesty is the best policy" is a proverb of Benjamin Franklin; however, the quote "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" is attributed to Thomas Jefferson, as used in a letter to Nathaniel Macon.

Definition of honest in the English dictionary

The first definition of honest in the dictionary is not given to lying, cheating, stealing, etc; trustworthy. Other definition of honest is not false or misleading; genuine. Honest is also just or fair.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONEST


antagonist
ænˈtæɡənɪst
bonist
ˈbɒnɪst
communist
ˈkɒmjʊnɪst
dishonest
dɪsˈɒnɪst
dodecaphonist
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈfɒnɪst
earnest
ˈɜːnɪst
exhibitionist
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪst
expressionist
ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪst
feminist
ˈfɛmɪnɪst
finest
ˈfaɪnɪst
humanist
ˈhjuːmənɪst
internist
ˈɪntɜːnɪst
jargonist
ˈdʒɑːɡɒnɪst
monist
ˈmɒnɪst
Peronist
pəˈrɒnɪst
pianist
ˈpɪənɪst
protagonist
prəʊˈtæɡənɪst
receptionist
rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst
underhonest
ˌʌndərˈɒnɪst
wannest
ˈwɒnɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONEST

hone
Honecker
honed
Honegger
honer
honest broker
honest Injun
honest to God
honest-to-God
honesties
honestly
honestness
honesty
honesty bar
honesty box
honewort
honey
honey badger
honey bear
honey buzzard

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONEST

bird´s nest
bird´s-nest
crow´s nest
crow´s-nest
disnest
feather one´s nest
funest
hornet´s nest
in earnest
love nest
mare´s-nest
nest
renest
soonest
tannest
thinnest
trapnest
turkey nest
unnest
waspnest

Synonyms and antonyms of honest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HONEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «honest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of honest

Translation of «honest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONEST

Find out the translation of honest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诚实的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

honrado
570 millions of speakers

English

honest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईमानदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَمِيـن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

честный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

honesto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

honer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

honnête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Honer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ehrlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正直な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정직한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Honer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trung thực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

honer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Honer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

honer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onesto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczciwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щирий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cinstit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ειλικρινής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ärlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ærlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONEST»

The term «honest» is very widely used and occupies the 2.133 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honest

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10 QUOTES WITH «HONEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word honest.
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Frank Abagnale
I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.
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Aravind Adiga
Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.
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Dale Archer
I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.
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Robert Burns
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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Bill Burr
I gotta be honest with you. I'm kind of jealous of the way my dad gets to talk to my mom sometimes. Where are all those old-school women you can just take your day out on? When did they stop making those angels?
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Eric Cantor
I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.
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Giacomo Casanova
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.
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Nayvadius Cash
Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what's in the dark will come to light, so it's better to be truthful about it.
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Oona Chaplin
Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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Judy Davis
Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONEST»

Discover the use of honest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You
As a new mom, Jessica Alba wanted to create the safest, healthiest environment for her family.
Jessica Alba, 2013
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The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and ...
This book is about understanding this choice, what considerations are important to think about when deciding, and the consequences of such choices for the individual scientist and the broader scientific enterprise.
Roger A. Pielke, Jr, 2007
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Honest to God
This is the fortieth anniversary edition of John Robinson's classic text.Honest to Godis a bracing and engaging call to re-examine outdated and troublesome images of God.
John Arthur Thomas Robinson, 2002
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Honest
It's a story in turn funny, sad, rude, surprising - even shocking. But it's not just Ulrika's story - there are many aspects to it with which we will all identify. And it's honest.
Ulrika Jonsson, 2003
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Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
Takes readers behind the scenes, beyond the debates and into the streets, taverns and mansions of Philadelphia to show how the constitution was forged through conflict, compromise and eventually fragile consensus as James Madison and his ...
Richard Beeman, 2010
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Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World
How can you know when someone is bluffing? Paying attention? Genuinely interested? The answer, writes Alex Pentland in Honest Signals, is that subtle patterns in how we interact with other people reveal our attitudes toward them.
Tracy Heibeck, Alex Pentland, 2010
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The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in ...
Combining the resources of biography, history, literary theory, and cultural criticism, this sophisticated interdisciplinary work presents an eloquent and often moving account of one woman's life as an act of self-creation and as a complex ...
Margaret F. Rosenthal, 2012
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Be Honest and Tell the Truth
It’s never too soon to learn the difference between what’s true and what isn’t.
Cheri J. Meiners, 2007
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Being Honest
Introduces the concept of honesty and provides examples of being honest with friends and family.
Cassie Mayer, 2007
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Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, ...
Most important of all, many universities that adopt this book report a reduction in cheating and plagiarism on campus. For this second edition, Charles Lipson has updated hundreds of examples and included many new media sources.
Charles Lipson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honest is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Sanral could avoid adverse ASA rulings 'by being honest in the first …
The Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) has “extended its sincere gratitude” to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral)‚ its ... «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
2
Hawks hate the Iran nuclear deal and can't be honest about why - Vox
Iran hawks displeased with the nuclear deal struck between Iran, Russia, China, the United States, and the European Union have an awful lot ... «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Jessica Alba's 'The Honest Company' Opens Kiosks in Airports for …
Jessica Alba is expanding her billion-dollar home and baby product company by opening up automatic kiosks in airports. The Honest Company ... «Mstarz, Jul 15»
4
Yelp reviewers are brutally honest about the San Antonio River …
Professional food critics move over, this is how people really feel about the fine dining options on the River Walk. And if you are dropping $300 ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
5
Bethenny Frankel's Friends Carole Radziwill and Patti Stanger …
Bethenny Frankel's Friends Carole Radziwill and Patti Stanger Share Their Honest Thoughts on Eric Stonestreet. by Mike Vulpo Wed., Jul. «E! Online, Jul 15»
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Em Rusciano's honest marriage column on her husband Scott Barrow
WHEN the news of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's rumoured separation started doing the rounds I was genuinely upset. Why did it affect me ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Caitlyn Jenner: honest answers about her life then and now
Caitlyn Jenner's writing career is off to a strong start, with her latest online blog column focused on questions from readers, followers and fans. «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
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4minute's Gayoon and Jihyun give their honest opinions about …
General. Pictorials. 4minute's Gayoon and Jihyun give their honest opinions about dating in magazine '@star1'. July 16, 2015 @ 5:14 am. by thewesterngirl. 5. 0. «allkpop, Jul 15»
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Honest reflections of Philomath Frolic and Rodeo : Brad Fuqua
Honest reflections of Philomath Frolic and Rodeo. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. « Philomath rodeo Buy Now. » × Close Ad. «Corvallis Gazette Times, Jul 15»
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My Honest Apple Watch Review After A Month Of Usage - WT VOX
Though I've been writing about the Apple Watch for some time and have tested it repeatedly at the Apple Store since its April release, I had ... «WT VOX, Jul 15»

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