HONEST
\ˈɒnɪst], \ˈɒnɪst], \ˈɒ_n_ɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of HONEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by truth; "gave honest answers"
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without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
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without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
By Princeton University
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marked by truth; "gave honest answers"
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without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
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without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
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Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
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Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
By Oddity Software
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Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
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Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
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Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
By Noah Webster.
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Honestly.
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Full of honor: just: the opp. of thievish, free from fraud: frank: chaste: (B.) also, honorable.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
