Earnest

Definitions: Earnest

Earnest

Adjective

1. Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message".

2. Earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences".

3. Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal.

Noun

1. Something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract.

"Earnest" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the seriousness".

Date "earnest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Earnest The Spirit is the earnest of the believer's destined inheritance (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; Eph. 1:14). The word thus rendered is the same as that rendered "pledge" in Gen. 38:17-20; "indeed, the Hebrew word has simply passed into the Greek and Latin languages, probably through commercial dealings with the Phoenicians, the great trading people of ancient days. Originally it meant no more than a pledge; but in common usage it came to denote that particular kind of pledge which is a part of the full price of an article paid in advance; and as it is joined with the figure of a seal when applied to the Spirit, it seems to be used by Paul in this specific sense." The Spirit's gracious presence and working in believers is a foretaste to them of the blessedness of heaven. God is graciously pleased to give not only pledges but foretastes of future blessedness. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Earnest

Synonyms: businesslike (adj), dear (adj), devout (adj), heartfelt (adj), in earnest(p) (adj), sincere (adj), solemn (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Activity	Forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest; resolute.
Affirmation	As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.
Expenditure	Pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment.
Feeling	Earnest, wistful, eager, breathless; fervent; fervid; gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming; boiling over.
Importance	Grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing.
Resolution	Earnest, serious; set upon, bent upon, intent upon.
	Adverb: resolutely; Adjective: in earnest, in good earnest; seriously, joking apart, earnestly, heart and soul; on one's mettle; manfully, like a man, with a high hand; with a strong hand; (exertion).
Security	Stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution.
Veracity	Adverb: truly; (really); in plain words; in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth; as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole; honor bright; troth; in good sooth, in good earnest; unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae; without equivocation; cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart; by my troth; (affirmation).
Willingness	Ready, forward, earnest, eager; bent upon; (desirous); predisposed, propense.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You must not laugh at me, darling, but it has always been a girlish dream of mine to love a man named Earnest. (The Importance of Being Earnest; writing credit: Oliver Parker; Oscar Wilde)
Movie/TV Titles	The Importance of Being Earnest (1974)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Humble, Earnest, and Affectionate Address to the Clergy; A Collection of Letters; Letters to a Lady (reference) Earnest the Fierce Mouse (Quality Time) (reference) Importance of Being Earnest (reference) Oscar Wilde's the Importance of Being Earnest (Modern Critical Interpretations) (reference) The Importance of Being Earnest [UNABRIDGED] (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Earnest Christian (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection (reference) The Oscar Wilde Collection (The Importance of Being Earnest / The Picture of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan) (reference) Oscar Wilde Collection (The Importance of Being Earnest / The Picture of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Importance of Being Earnest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Words of Earnest (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Earnest Evans (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Author	Quotation
Benjamin Disraeli	What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Bion	Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
Charles Dickens	I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Life is real! Life is earnest! And death is not its goal. Dust thou art, to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Samuel Johnson	At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
William Ellery Channing	A man in earnest finds means, or, if he cannot find, creates them.
William James	Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.
William Lloyd Garrison	I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse --I will not retreat a single inch --and I will be heard!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	The fight of the German, and especially, of the Prussian bourgeoisie, against feudal aristocracy and absolute monarchy, in other words, the liberal movement, became more earnest. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	They are always in earnest.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward, with earnest haste and ecstasy.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He was, however, engaged in serious and earnest consideration.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I was conveyed to his own house, and at my earnest request he led me up to the highest room backwards.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Belgium	With the signature of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, Belgium's economic recovery began in earnest. (references)
	Cyprus	International efforts to promote a settlement to the Cyprus dispute began again in earnest following the February 1998 presidential election. (references)
	Tanzania	Zanzibar's political development began in earnest after 1956, when provision was first made for the election of six nongovernment members to the Legislative Council. (references)
Political Economy	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Enforcement efforts did not begin in earnest until 1994. (references)
	SOUTH AFRICA	However, enforcement of these laws by the National Inspectorate has only recently begun in earnest. (references)
Trade	Guyana	This long-awaited reorganization began in earnest in January 2000. However, the new organization's influence in reforming Guyana's customs systems remains to be seen. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The actual liberation of all our citizens who were prisoners in Algiers, while it gratifies every feeling of heart, is itself an earnest of a satisfactory termination of the whole negotiation.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	Among the subjects which have heretofore occupied the earnest solicitude and attention of Congress is the management and disposal of that portion of the property of the nation which consists of the public lands.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	That the Almighty Ruler of the Universe may so direct our deliberations and over-rule our acts as to make us instrumental in securing a result so dear to mankind is my most earnest and sincere prayer.
Franklin Pierce	1853-1857	Whether the elements of inherent force in the Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled progression in territory, population, and wealth has been the subject of earnest thought and discussion on both sides of the ocean.
Rutherford Hayes	1877-1881	Fellow-citizens, we have reached the close of a political contest marked by the excitement which usually attends the contests between great political parties whose members espouse and advocate with earnest faith their respective creeds.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	Much may be hoped for from the earnest studies of those who advocate the outlawing of aggressive war.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Earnest" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Earnest" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	360	14,962

The following table summarizes the usage of "earnest" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Earnest	First name Male	31,000	380
Earnest	Last name	3,000	4,754
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Earnest" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the seriousness".

The following table summarizes names related to "Earnest."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Ernst	Male	Dutch	Ernest
Earnest	Male	English	Ernest
Ern	Male	English	Ernest
Ernest	Male	English	N/A
Ernesta	Female	English	Ernest
Ernestine	Female	English	Ernest
Ernie	Male	English	Ernest
Erna	Female	German	Ernest
Ernst	Male	German	Ernest
Ernõ	Male	Hungarian	Ernest
Ernesto	Male	Italian	Ernest
Ernesto	Male	Portuguese	Ernest
Ernesto	Male	Spanish	Ernest
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "earnest": be in dead earnest ♦ be in earnest ♦ between jest and earnest ♦ dead earnest ♦ earnest desire ♦ Earnest money ♦ earnest request ♦ in all earnest ♦ in dead earnest ♦ in earnest ♦ in good earnest ♦ worth of earnest consideration. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "earnest": earnest-looking.
	Ending with "earnest": ever-earnest, in-earnest, over-earnest.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "earnest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		serioz (bad, crying, deep, demure, dress, grave, heavy, nasty, reliable, serious, solemn, weighty), paradhënie (advance, down payment), kapar (deposit, down payment), i sinqertë (candid, devout, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i rëndësishëm (capital, consequential, epoch making, eventful, front page, grave, important, imported, impressive, inflated, jack in office, mattery, mouth-filling, notable, noteworthy, responsible, serious, sidy, significant, substantial, tidy), i nxehtë (ardent, burning, fervent, fiery, glowing, heated, hot, red-hot, scalding, torrid), garanci (assurance, bail, cover, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pawn, pledge, recognizance, surety, warrant, warranty). (various references)

Arabic		‏مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), ‏هام (big, considerable, expatiate, historic, material, significant, some, worthy), ‏غير هازل, ‏عربون (retainer), ‏جاد (dead earnest, meaningful, reliable, responsible, studious), ‏جدي (businesslike, kid, serious), ‏جد (ancestor, forbear, forefather, granddad, grandfather, grandpa, grandpapa, grandparent, happen, hard work, industry, predecessor, seriousness). (various references)

Bulgarian		убеден (convinced, sure), сериозен (grave, heavy, intent, prayerful, sad, sage, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber, sombre, staid, steady, straight), ревностен (ardent, eager, fanatic, fanatical, fervent, intense, jealous, keen, mettled, mettlesome, openmouthed, painstaking, violent, zealous), капаро (fine, handsel), гаранция (bail, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pledge, recognizance, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warrant, warranty), настойчив (aggressive, importunate, importune, insistent, persistent, pressing), задълбочен (depth, exhaustive, intimate, rapt, thoroughgoing), искрен (bona fide, candid, cordial, deep-felt, devout, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored), добросъвестен (conscientious, scrupulous, upright), депозит (deposit, handsel). (various references)

Chinese		認真 (serious, take seriously, take to heart), 认真 (Earnestness), �" , 懇 . (various references)

Czech		vážný (austere, dangerous, good, grave, major, mellow, pensive, portly, serious, solemn, solid, stern, straight, strong, wistful), seriózní (dependable, reliable, reputable, respectable, serious), opravdovost (seriousness, sincerity), opravdový (authentic, genuine, real, serious, sincere, undisguised, veritable). (various references)

Danish		alvorlig (cheerful, gay, merry, serious, staid). (various references)

Dutch		stemmig (abstemious, serious, sober, staid, temperate), serieus (serious, staid), ernstig (important, serious, staid), bona fide (serious, staid). (various references)

Esperanto		serioza (serious, staid). (various references)

Faeroese		álvarsamur (important, serious, staid). (various references)

Farsi		مشتاق (Agog, Anxious, Avid, Desirous, Eager, Enthusiast, Enthusiastic, Fervid, Fond, Hippie, Hungry, Keen, Perfervid, Raring, Solicitous, Studious, Thirsty, Wilful, Wishful, Wistful), وثیقه (Assurance, Caution, Guarantee, Guaranty, Pawn, Pledge, Premium, Security, Surety), سنگین (Burdensome, Cumbersome, Demure, Grave, Heavy, Hefty, Laden, Lumpy, Onerous, Ponderous, Sober, Staid, Stodgy, Unwieldy, Weighty), علاقه شدیدبه چیزی , صمیمانه (Hearty), جدی (Bonafide, Demure, Drastic, Energetic, Grand, Rigid, Sedate, Serious, Solemn, Stickler, Uncanny), دلگرم (Confident), بیعانه (Deposit, Earnestmoney, Pledge), باحرارت (Ebullient, Strenuous, Warm). (various references)

Finnish		vakava (firm, grave, serious, stable, staid, steady). (various references)

French		sérieux (dead earnest). (various references)

Frisian		earnstich (serious, staid). (various references)

German		ernst (astringent, austere, earnestly, earnestness, firmly, grave, gravelly, gravely, gravity, heaviness, heavy, important, pensive, serious, seriously, seriousness, severe, severeness, severity, sincere, sober, solemn, solemnity, solemnly, staid, stern, sternly, sternness, unsmiling), ernsthaft (considered, earnestly, genuine, grave, in earnest, serious, seriously, sincere, sincerely, staid, wholehearted). (various references)

Greek		καπάρο (bid bond, bid guarantee, Bid security, deposit, down payment, earnest money, tender guarantee), ένθερμοσ (fervor, fervour, zealous), σοβαρόσ (burning, demure, grave, important, matronal, matronly, saturnine, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, staid). (various references)

Hebrew		רצי� י (deep, demure, grave, important, serious, severe). (various references)

Hungarian		megfontolt (advised, chary, conscious, considered, deliberate, discreet, grave, guarded, judicious, leisurely, level headed, level-headed, measured, prudent, reflective, sedate, slow, staid, studied, uncompanionable), komoly (businesslike, grave, sedate, serious, sincere, sober-minded, solemn, staid, stern), ígéret (assurance, engagement, faith, pledge, promise, resolution, word). (various references)

Icelandic		alvarlegur (serious, staid). (various references)

Indonesian		uang panjar, sungguh-sungguh (indeed, sincerely), asyik (be infatuated, occupied, passionate). (various references)

Italian		serio (grave, serious, seriously, staid, steady, wholehearted). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		真向き (face to face, just in front of, singlehanded, straight ahead), 本� �的 (full-dress, fundamental, genuine, normal, real, regular, typical), ひじ掛けいす (chair with arm rests, senior staff, single-minded, whisperingly), 切実 (acute, compelling, pressing, serious, severe, urgent), 切 (acute, ardent, cut, eager, keen, kind). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひたむき (single-minded), まむき (face to face, just in front of, singlehanded, straight ahead), ほ�"かくてき (full-dress, fundamental, genuine, normal, real, regular, typical), せつじつ (acute, compelling, pressing, serious, severe, urgent), せつ (acute, ardent, eager, filthy, keen, kind, node, occasion, section, temple, theory, time). (various references)

Korean		진지한. (various references)

Manx		ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, faithful, forthcoming, frank, genuine, honest, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, sincere, straightforward, truthful, undeviating), jeean (ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, fervent, intense, intensive, keen, sudden, vehement, zealous), gioal (bet, bond, cover, equity, gage, pawn, pledge, stake, wager), eearlys (drink money, drink money tip, handsel, imprest), dy kiart (adequately, exactly, in true perspective, just, properly, rightly). (various references)

Norwegian		alvorlig (grave, grievous, serious, staid). (various references)

Papiamen		serio (serious, staid). (various references)

Pig Latin		earnestay.(various references)

Polish		poważny. (various references)

Portuguese		sério (abstemious, austere, convinced, demure, fair, grave, honestly, important, respectable, sedate, serious, severe, single minded, single-eyed, sober, solemn, staid, stern, straight, straightaway, straightforward, temperate, thoughtful). (various references)

Romanian		serios (appreciable, demure, earnestly, genuine, grave, gravely, grievously, important, in earnest, in good earnest, intimate, matronal, minded, reliable, sad, sedate, serious, serious minded, seriously, seriousness, severe, sober, solemn, solid, staid, steady, stern, valid, weighty, well-conducted). (various references)

Russian		убежденный (confirmed, convinced), серьезный (deep, grave, heavy, no-nonsense, serious, severe), серьезность (demureness, gravity, seriousness), горячий (ardent, boiling hot, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, full of beans, glowing, heady, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hot-headed, mettled, red-hot, vehement, warm blooded), важный (consequential, donnish, first rate, grave, humungous, important, momentous, of consequence, of great moment, of importance, of significance, portentous, prancing, serious, significant, substantial, weighty), залог (bail, caution money, deposit, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, lien, pawn, pledge, recognizance, surety), задаток (cedent, deposit, down payment, earnest money, handsel), искренний (candid, devout, explicit, genuine, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, outspoken, sincere, single minded, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, wholehearted, whole-hearted, wholeheartedly). (various references)

Scottish		e� rlas, frithir (nm. rough uninhabited land). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ozbiljan (earnestly, grave, major, momentous, serious, severe, staid, stern), kapara (down payment). (various references)

Spanish		serio (businesslike, demure, dependable, heavy, meaningful, responsible, serious, serious minded, severe, sober, sober minded, staid, thinking, thoughtful, unsmiling). (various references)

Swedish		allvarlig (austere, grave, major, serious, severe, staid, weighty). (various references)

Thai		เอาจริงเอาจัง (sober, solemn). (various references)

Turkish		teminât (assurance, bail, caution, caution money, deposit, down payment, Gage, guarantee, hostage, indemnification, indemnity, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant), tadım, samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, faithful, familiar, forthright, genuine, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted), hevesli (ambitious, anxious, desirous, eager, enthusiastic, full of zeal, game, great, greedy, hellbent, intent, itching, itchy, keen, responsive, spirited, studious, zealous), gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, exact, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), delil (argument, averment, case, document, evidence, proof, supporting document, voucher), ciddi olma, ciddi (austere, businesslike, capital, critical, demure, devout, eventful, forbidding, grave, gut, important, momentous, mortally, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid, starched, unsmiling), avans (advance, advance payment, allowance, head start, retainer, retaining fee), ağirbaxli (important, serious, staid), ağırbaşlı (austere, calm, demure, dignified, graceful, grand, imperturbable, matronly, only, sage, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid), çalışkan (active, arduous, assiduous, diligent, energetic, full of action, hardworking, industrious, labored, laborious, laboured, sedulous, strenuous, studious). (various references)

Turkmen		зynlakaя (in earnest, seriously). (various references)

Ukranian		серйозність (demureness, gravity, sadness, seriousness, severity), серйозний (deep, demure, serious, serious minded, solemn), щирий (candid, cordial, devout, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, ingenuous, onefold, open armed, outspoken, pure-minded, simple, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, whole-hearted, whole-souled), гарячий (ardent, broiling, fervent, hot, hot tempered, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, mettled, mettlesome, ornery, scalding, torrid, warm), важливість (account, amount, concern, consequence, gravity, import, importance, magnitude, moment, notability, pregnancy, seriousness, significance, significancy), важливий (big, consequential, considerable, grand, grave, important, influential, interesting, momentous, newsworthy, purposeful, serious, weighty), завдаток, запорука (guaranty, voucher), порука (bail, bailment, borrow, caution, pledge, warrant), переконаний (certain, confirmed, convinced, out and out, satisfied), палкий (ardent, darling, eager, ebullient, fervent, fiery, high-spirited, hot-blooded, perfervid, rousing, warm, warm blooded, zealous). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiền đặt cọc sự bảo đảm điềm, thái độ nghiêm chỉnh trời đang mưa ra trò, thái độ đứng đắn, tha thiết, nghiêm chỉnh sốt sắng, điều báo hiệu trước, đứng đắn (decently, serious, seriously). (various references)

Welsh		ern (pledge), taer (importunate, urgent), difrifol (grave, serious, solemn). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	curata, curatae, curate, curatus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 12, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Th elpidi caironteV th qliyei upomenonteV th proseuch proskarterounteV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Spe gaudentes in tribulatione patientes orationi instantes
Old English	990	West Saxon	Sie bliðe on hyhte, geðyldige on hefignesse, getrywlice on gebede.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ioiynge in hope, pacient in tribulacioun, bisy in preier,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Reioyce in hope. Be paciet in tribulacion. Continue in prayer.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing earnest in prayer;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 12, Verse 12
Bulgarian	Бъдете единомислени един към друг; не давайте ума си на високи неща, но предавайте се на скромни неща; не считайте себе си за мъдри.
Cebuano	Pagkalipay kamo diha sa inyong paglaum, pagpailub kamo sa panahon sa kagul-anan, lumahutay kamo sa pag-ampo.
Chinese	在指望中要喜樂．在患難中要忍耐。禱告要恆切．
Croatian	U nadi budite radosni, u nevolji strpljivi, u molitvi postojani!
Danish	værer glade i Håbet, udholdende i Trængselen, vedholdende i Bønnen!
Dutch	Verblijdt u in de hoop. Zijt geduldig in de verdrukking. Volhardt in het gebed.
Finnish	Olkaa toivossa iloiset, ahdistuksessa kärsivälliset, rukouksessa kestävät.
French	Réjouissez-vous en espérance. Soyez patients dans l`affliction. Persévérez dans la prière.
German	Seid fröhlich in Hoffnung, geduldig in Trübsal, haltet an am Gebet.
Haitian Creole	Pandan n'ap tann lan, fè kè n' kontan. Se pou nou gen anpil pasyans nan mitan soufrans nou yo. Pa janm sispann lapriyè.
Hungarian	A reménységben örvendezõk; a háborúságban tûrõk; a könyörgésben állhatatosak;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Hendaklah Saudara berharap kepada Tuhan dengan gembira, sabarlah di dalam kesusahan, dan tekunlah berdoa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	sambil bersukacita di dalam pengharapan, bersabar di dalam sengsara dan bertekun di dalam doa.
Italian	Siate lieti nella speranza, forti nella tribolazione, perseveranti nella preghiera,
Korean	소 망 중 에 즐 거 워 하 며 환 난 중 에 참 으 며 기 도 에 항 상 힘 �"� 며
Latvian	Esiet priecîgi cerîbâ, pacietîgi bçdâs, pastâvîgi lûgðanâ!
Maori	Kia hari i runga i te tumanako; kia manawanui ki te whakapawera; kia u ki te inoi;
Modern Greek	εις την ελπιδα χαιροντες, εις την θλιψιν υπομενοντες, εις την προσευχην προσκαρτερουντες,
Norwegian	Vær glade i håpet, tålmodige i trengselen, vedholdende i bønnen.
Portuguese	alegrai-vos na esperança, sede pacientes na tribulação, perseverai na oração;
Rumanian	Bucurayi-vq kn nqdejde. Fiyi rqbdqtori kn necaz. Stqruiyi kn rugqciune.
Shuar	Ukunam Yus tsankatramkattajnia nu Enentáimtusrum warastarum. Wáitiakrumsha katsuntratarum. Tuke iniaitsuk Ashí Túrunamujai Yus áujsatarum.
Spanish	gozosos en la esperanza, pacientes en la tribulación, constantes en la oración;
Swahili	Tumaini lenu liwaweke daima wenye furaha; muwe na saburi katika shida na kusali daima.
Swedish	Varen glada i hoppet, tåliga i bedrövelsen, uthålliga i bönen.
Thai	จงชื่นชมยิน�"ีในความหวัง จงอ�"ทนต่อความยากลำบาก จงขะมักเขม้นอธิษฐาน
Ukrainian	тіштесь наді�"ю, утиски терпіть, перебувайте в молитві,
Uma	Pakagoe' nono-ta, apa' moroho poncarumakaa-ta hi Pue'. Tari hi rala kasusaa'. Tida mosampaya.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "earnest": earnestly, earnestness, earnestnesses, earnests. (additional references)
	Words ending with "earnest": overearnest. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Earnest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arnost, darndest, eariest, earneest, earnesr, earnesty, earnist, earnrest, earnst, earnwst, ehrenfest, Erannis, ernes, Ernesti, errnest, harnest, Nearnet. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "earnest" (pronounced er"nust)
5	er" n u s t	internist, sternest.
4	-n u s t	abolitionist, abortionist, accompanist, agonist, antagonist, anticommunist, arsonist, balloonist, botanist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cleanest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, determinist, dishonest, exhibitionist, expressionist, feminist, finest, funnest, greenest, gymnast, harnessed, honest, hygienist, illusionist, impressionist, interventionist, isolationist, keenest, leanest, machinist, meanest, misogynist, modernist, noncommunist, nutritionist, obstructionist, opportunist, organist, pianist, preservationist, protagonist, protectionist, receptionist, reservationist, revolutionist, secessionist, segregationist, soonest, tannest, thinnest, unionist, violinist, witnessed.
3	-u s t	ablest, absolutist, activist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, anthropologist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, catalyst, cellist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, closest, coldest, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, direst, dirtiest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exorcist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, idealist, ideologist, immunologist, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, oboist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservist, resurfaced, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secularist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: eastern, nearest.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: antres, aretes, astern, easter, eaters, enates, entera, enters, neater, nester, ranees, renest, rentes, reseat, resent, sateen, seater, senate, sterna, teaser, tenser, ternes, treens.
	-2 letters: antes, antre, arete, aster, earns, eaten, eater, enate, enter, erase, ernes, ester, etnas, nares, nates, nears, neats, nerts, ranee, rants, rates, reest, rente, rents, reset, saner, saree, sente, setae, snare, sneer, stane, stare, steer, stere, stern, tares, tarns, tears, tease, teens, tense, terne, terns, terse, trans, treen, trees.
	-3 letters: anes, ante, ants, ares, arse, arts, ates, earn, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, erne, erns, erst, etas, etna, near, neat, nest, nets, rant, rase, rate, rats, rees, rent, rest, rete, rets, sane, sate, sear, seat, seen, seer, sene, sent, sera, sere, seta, star, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tear, teas, teen, tees, tens, tern, tree, tsar.
	-4 letters: ane, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, ens, era, ere, ern, ers, eta, nae, nee, net, ran, ras, rat, ree, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, see, sen, ser, set, tae, tan, tar, tas, tea, tee, ten.
	-5 letters: ae, an, ar, as, at, en, er, es, et, na, ne, re, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: absenter, arenites, arsenate, arsenite, assenter, centares, earnests, earstone, entreats, estrange, eternals, fastener, fenestra, grantees, greatens, hastener, heartens, negaters, ratteens, reagents, reascent, reenacts, refasten, resinate, resonate, sarcenet, sarsenet, sauterne, serenata, serenate, sergeant, serjeant, stearine, telerans, terranes, trainees, veterans.
	+2 letters: absenters, adherents, afferents, agentries, alertness, ankerites, anteaters, anteverts, antimeres, aperients, arsenates, arsenites, assenters, attenders, averments, bannerets, banterers, barrenest, batteners, cabernets, carotenes, centiares, chastener, cisternae, creatines, darnedest, decanters, denatures, detainers, earnestly, earstones, easterner, elaterins, enervates, entailers, entrances, estranged, estranger, estranges, estuarine, externals, eyestrain, fasteners, fatteners, fenestrae, fenestral, generates, gratinees, greatness, hasteners, herniates, invertase, irateness, iterances, lamenters, lannerets, lateeners, levanters, mesentera, narthexes, nearliest, neatherds, nectaries, numerates, personate, pistareen, preenacts, ratteners, reaccents, reascents, recanters, recreants, refastens, reinstate, renascent, renatures, renovates, reseating, resinated, resinates, resonated, resonates, retainers, revenants, sarcenets, sarsenets, sauntered, saunterer, sauternes, sedentary, segregant, serenatas, sergeants, sergeanty, serjeants, serjeanty, smartened, sparteine, stearines, steersman, stingaree, stoneware, tanneries, taverners, teenagers, ternaries, threatens, tradesmen, treelawns, treenails, uncreates, undereats, urethanes, venerates.
	+3 letters: adventures, agreements, alternates, ancestored, ancestress, ancestries, anestruses, antecessor, antiheroes, antiherpes, argentines, argentites, arrestment, artinesses, augmenters, banistered, banqueters, bartenders, breastbone, calentures, carpenters, catenaries, celebrants, centaureas, centauries, centralest, centralise, certainest, chasteners, consecrate, debarments, denervates, denigrates, depressant, dextranase, dishearten, earthiness, earthshine, earwitness, easterners, enchanters, enraptures, entanglers, entertains, entourages, entrainers, entreaties, entrechats, enumerates, enwreathes, equestrian, errantries, escarpment, estrangers, estreating, eutherians, exonerates, extraneous, eyestrains, fenestrate, flatteners, generalist, generators, germinates, gravestone, guarantees, harvestmen, heartiness, hibernates, inbreathes, inebriates, innervates, integrates, intercaste, interfaces, interlaces, interphase, interspace, interstage, interstate, intervales, invertases, irredentas, itinerates, linecaster, manifester, manometers, martensite, menstruate, nanometers, nectarines, nemerteans, neorealist, neutralise, newmarkets, newscaster, notepapers, orientates, ornateness, parentages, parentless, pedantries, pedestrian, penetrants, penetrates, perennates, permanents, personated, personates, pistareens, pleasanter, prevalents, proteinase, raptnesses, ravelments, reactances, reanimates, rectangles, reentrants, refastened, reinflates, reinstated, reinstates, repatterns, repayments, repellants, resemblant, resistance, restrained, restrainer, resupinate, retransfer, revertants, saunterers, segmentary, segregants, septenarii, sparteines, steamering, stepparent, stingarees, stonewares, straitened, strangered, streamline, superagent, tailenders, tangerines, tartnesses, tenantries, teratogens, terminates, tolerances, transected, transferee, transience, transverse, trapnested, treatments, treenwares, treponemas, ultradense, unclearest, underrates, understate, undertakes, undertaxes, unreadiest, unstead

Expression	Frequency per Day
importance of being earnest	188
earnest money	110
earnest hemingway	48
earnest	35
earnest money contract	32
earnest young	27
earnest tubb	16
earnest hemmingway	14
earnest money contract form	10
earnest graham	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Earnest

Definitions: Earnest

Earnest

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Earnest

Synonyms: Earnest

Synonyms within Context: Earnest

Activity

Affirmation

Expenditure

Feeling

Importance

Resolution

Security

Veracity

Willingness

Crosswords: Earnest

Modern Usage: Earnest

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Earnest

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Earnest

Photos:Earnest

Familiar Quotations: Earnest

Benjamin Disraeli

Bion

Charles Dickens

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Samuel Johnson

William Ellery Channing

William James

William Lloyd Garrison

Historic Usage: Earnest

Communist Manifesto

Use in Literature: Earnest

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Earnest

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Earnest

George Washington

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

Franklin Pierce

Rutherford Hayes

Calvin Coolidge

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Earnest

Name Usage Frequency: Earnest

Derived & Related Names: Earnest

Expressions: Earnest

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Earnest

importance of being earnest

earnest money

earnest hemingway

earnest

earnest money contract

earnest young

earnest tubb

earnest hemmingway

earnest money contract form

earnest graham

Modern Translations: Earnest

Albanian

Photos:
Earnest