Sincere

Definition: Sincere

Sincere

Adjective

1. Open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sincere" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Sincere \Sin*cere"\, adjective. [Comparative Sincerer; superlative Sincerest.]. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Sincere

Artlessness

Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.

Falsehood

Adjective: false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, dishonest, faithless, truthless, trothless; unfair, uncandid; hollow-hearted; evasive; uningenuous, disingenuous; hollow, sincere, Parthis mendacior; forsworn.

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.

Friendship

Firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.

Simplicity

Unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless); free from affectation, free from ornament; simplex munditiis; sans facon, en deshabille.

Veracity

Adjective: truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous; (honorable); sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling; (dissemble; ); guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous; (artless); undisguised; (real).

Writing

Phrase: audacter et sincere; le style est l'homme meme; "nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill"; scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons; "that mighty instrument of little men"; "the pen became a clarion".

Crosswords: Sincere

But I stopped writing them when I found out what he was all about, when I realized how real he was. He could never fit in with our distorted viewpoint, because he's honest, and sincere, and good (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

He's dangerous but sincere. (Trust; writing credit: Hal Hartley)

There is nothing casual about it. In fact, I've given it long and sincere thought (The Gay Divorcee; writing credit: J. Hartley Manners; Dwight Taylor)

Lost in a love so real and so sincere (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

Now love is so sincere (Can't Stop; performing artist: After 7)

You bought about a love that's so sincere (Can't Stop; performing artist: After 7)

Just make me know that you are sincere (You Mean the World To Me; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Sincere Navigation Corp: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Sincere Watch Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Sincere Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker, Volume 5 (reference)

• Sincere Fictions of the White Self in Hollywood Movies (reference)

• The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, the Sin in Sincere (reference)

• The Sincere Convert and the Sound Believer (Volume 1 of the Works of Thomas Shepard) (reference)

• The Soul's Sincere Desire (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Sincere (reference)

• Sincere (+2 Bonus Tracks) [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Swiss Federal Council has informed the French Government on May 5, 1919, that after examining the provisions of Article 435 in a like spirit of sincere friendship it has happily reached the conclusion that it was possible to acquiesce in it under the following conditions and reservations: (1) The neutralised zone of Haute-Savoie: (a) It will be understood that as long as the Federal Chambers have not ratified the agreement come to between the two Governments concerning the abrogation of the stipulations in respect of the neutralised zone of Savoy, nothing will be definitively settled, on one side or the other, in regard to this subject. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I have a very sincere interest in Emma

He is equally cynical, but he is more sincere.

This was my sincere endeavor in those many discourses I had with that mighty monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success

It is only the serious eye peering from and the sincere life passed within it which restrain laughter and consecrate the costume of any people

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Taiwan business people and government officials will readily forgive small mistakes in Chinese etiquette if they believe the offender is honest and sincere. (references)

Economic History

El Salvador

Despite sincere efforts at reform, Duarte's PDC administration had failed to either end the insurgency or improve the economy. (references)

Benin

Nonetheless, high level government willingness to combat corruption appears sincere, as exemplified by the actions of the current minister of finance, bio tchane. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Howard proposed that Parliament express "its deep and sincere regret" that Aboriginals had "suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel." However, both Aboriginal and opposition leaders stated that only a full apology would be sufficient. (references)

Travel

Italy

Some positive and sincere observations about the Italian culture, style, art, history, cuisine, or music are always appropriate. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

The ILO High-Level Team, following its 3-week visit to review forced labor in September, noted that the Government appeared sincere. (references)

Colombia

In June 2000, the Mission presented a report to the Governing Body's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) which noted that the Government was "making sincere efforts" to address these problems. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sincere": audacter et sincere ♦ be sincere ♦ sincere friendship. Additional references.

Afrikaans

innig (above-board, cardiac, close, cordial, hearty, intimate, warm). (various references)

Albanian

zemërçelur (candid, fair, ingenuous, open-hearted, unfeigned), me shpirt të bardhë, i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i padjallëzuar (artless, guileless, innocent, naïve), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏صاف (bright, clear, fair, fine, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, serene, stark, unclouded), ‏صادق (befriend, bona fide, chum, endorse, friend, genuine, honest, indorse, plain spoken, real, sanction, true, truthful, unaffected, unfeigned, veracious, whole-hearted), ‏صدوق (unfailing, veracious), ‏أصيل (evening, genuine, original, proper, purebred, quaint, thoroughbred, trueborn, well bred). (various references)

Basque

egizale (frank). (various references)

Bulgarian 

откровен (candid, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outright, plain, plainspoken, point blank, round, simple minded, simple-hearted, straight, transparent, unvarnished), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved), искрен (bona fide, candid, cordial, deep-felt, devout, earnest, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored). (various references)

Chinese 

恳切, 恂 , 悾 (simple-minded), 悃 , 愿 (willing), 愫 (guileless), 摯 , 慥 , �"� , 亶 , 篤 (serious, true), 真摯 (sincerity), 真� , 諶 (faithful), � (honest, true), 愊 (melancholy, stupid). (various references)

Czech

upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), ryzí (fine, genuine, pure, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unsophisticated), opravdový (authentic, earnest, genuine, real, serious, undisguised, veritable), neafektovaný (unaffected). (various references)

Dutch

oprecht (above-board), ongeveinsd (above-board), innig (above-board, cardiac, close, cordial, hearty, intimate, warm). (various references)

Esperanto

sincera (above-board). (various references)

Faeroese

sannur (above-board, true), reinmeintur (above-board), hjartaligur (above-board, cardiac, cordial, hearty, warm), heilhugaður (above-board). (various references)

Farsi 

مخلص (Devotee), صمیمی (Chum, Chummy, Cordial, Hailfellow, Heartfelt, Intimate, Near, Privy, Real, Unaffected, Warm), صادق (Honest, Leal, Loyal), راست نما, بی ریا (Heartfelt). (various references)

Finnish

vilpitön (candid, frank, honest, straightforward, upright), teeskentelemätön (artless, unaffected, unfeigned), rehellinen (above-board, forthright, honest, square, straight, upright). (various references)

French

sincère. (various references)

German

aufrichtig (above-board, bluff, candid, earnest, earnestly, faithfully, Frank, frankly, genuine, genuinely, honest, honestly, ingenuous, ingenuously, open, sincerely, straightforward, truly, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned). (various references)

Greek 

ειλικρινήσ (candid, direct, forthright, hearty, open, open-faced, outspoken, single minded, single-hearted, straightforward, true blue, whole-hearted). (various references)

Hebrew 

אמתי (actual, genuine, real, true, truthful). (various references)

Hungarian

vegyítetlen (pure, unalloyed), szívből jövő (heartfelt, hearty, wholehearted), nyílt (above board, aboveboard, candid, declared, disarming, expansiveness, explicit, expressive, flat, forthright, Frank, guileless, honest, open, open route, outright, outspoken, overt, plain spoken, round, straight, transparent, unclass, unclassified, undefended, up front), lélekből fakadó, komoly (businesslike, earnest, grave, sedate, serious, sober-minded, solemn, staid, stern), igaz (fast, just, plumb, proper, sound, to prove a good friend, true, veridical), hűséges (blue, faithful, leal, staunch, true, unfailing, yeomanly), egyenes (direct, downright, even, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, line, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, single-hearted, smooth, straight, straight/direct, straightaway, straightforward). (various references)

Indonesian

tulus hati (aboveboard, disinterested, wholehearted), mulus (flawless, immaculate, stainless), ikhlas (aboveboard, prepared, ready, sincerity, with full surrender), benar (right, true, valid). (various references)

Italian

sincero (above-board, candid, heartfelt, honest, ingenuous, plain, true, truthful, unaffected, undesigning). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� 実　 (faithful, honest), � 実 (faithful, honest), 満�" (heartfelt), 深厚 (benevolence), 実の有る (faithful, solid, substantial). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"�"う (advance, attack, belief, benevolence, close friendship, creed, dead of night, deep crimson, deep plowing, developing, emergent, encouragement, faith, friendship, giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence, good fellowship, intimacy, invasion, lecturing to the emperor, middle of the night, midnight, paying tribute, pickled vegetables, pickles, promotion, rising, sailing on), ま�"�"う (heartfelt), せいじつ (faithful, holy day, honest, the Sabbath), じつのある (faithful). (various references)

Korean 

근실한. (various references)

Manx

ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, earnest, faithful, forthcoming, frank, genuine, honest, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, straightforward, truthful, undeviating), jeelys (devoted, faithful, firm, genuine, staunch, steadfast, true-hearted), jeadagh (assiduous, avid, diligent, persevering, prudent, tidy), firrinagh (authentic, candid, devout, faithful, honest, real, sterling, true, unaffected, veracious), feer (authentic, correct, exceptionally, extremely, pure, real, regular, sheer, true, truthful, veritable, very). (various references)

Occitan

sincèr (frank). (various references)

Pig Latin

inceresay.(various references)

Polish

szczery (above-board). (various references)

Portuguese

sincero (artless, candid, convinced, cordial, deep, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, earnest, frank, freehearted, guileless, heartfelt, hearty, honest, ingenuous, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, simple-hearted, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, strong, true, true-hearted, unaffected, undisguised, unfeigned, unvarnished, whole-hearted, whole-souled), franco (above-board, bluff, candid, clear, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, forthright, franc, frank, freehearted, guileless, honest, ingenuous, large-hearted, non-partisan, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, plump, simple, simple-hearted, single-hearted, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal). (various references)

Romanian

sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), naiv (artless, credulous, deceivable, dupable, dupe, green, gull, gullible, naïve, naif, puerile, silly, simple minded, simpleton, verdant), loial (fair, faithful, faithfully, honest, Leal, loyal, staunch, straight, true), franc (coin, franc, Frank, ingenuous, undisguised), fidel (as true as steel, constant, devoted, faithful, faithfully, honest, precise, true), fãţiş (bold, downright, Frank, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly), deschis (above board, artless, avowedly, bald, baldly, barefaced, barely, blunt, broad, direct, downright, flatly, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, guileless, light, naked, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pale, patent, plainly, raw, round, roundly, Square, straight, straightforward, unfeigned, unreserved), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), cordial (cordial, cordially, genial, good humoured, good-humored, heart-felt, hearty, kind, responsive, stimulating, true, warm, whole heartedly, whole-hearted), cinstit (above board, candid, chaste, clean-fingered, correctly, fair, foursquare, gentlemanlike, guileless, honest, honestly, honest-minded, honorable, honourable, mensurable, on the level, on the up and up, open, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, simple, sincerely, sporting, sportsmanlike, Square, straightforward, true, trustful, truthful, unfeigned, upright, venerable, virtuous), candid (ingenuous, innocent, virginal). (various references)

Russian 

искренний (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, genuine, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, outspoken, single minded, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, wholehearted, whole-hearted, wholeheartedly). (various references)

Scottish

treibhireach (upright). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

iskren (above board, blunt, candid, childlike, downright, fair dealing, forthright, frank, free-spoken, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, single-hearted, straight, straightforward). (various references)

Spanish

sincero (aboveboard, above-board, candid, foursquare, genuine, hearty, honest, open-hearted, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, upright, warm, wholehearted, whole-souled). (various references)

Swedish

uppriktig (candid, earnest, Frank, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outgiving, plainspoken, truthful, up front), oskrymtad (unfeigned). (various references)

Thai

แท้จริง (bona fide, good, simon-pure), บริสุทธ์, จริงใจ (bona fide, man-to-man). (various references)

Turkish

samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, 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, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, 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, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted), içi dışı bir (genuine, outgoing, straight out), gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, exact, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, due, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), candan (bluff, candid, companionable, cordial, cordially, deep-felt, genially, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, open armed, open-hearted, personable, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, whole-hearted, willing, with open arms), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, plain, serene, shortage, shortcoming, unbiased, unchecked, untroubled, vacant). (various references)

Turkmen 

sada (simple), dogruзyl (honest). (various references)

Ukrainian

справжній (active, actual, authentic, factual, genuine, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), щирий (candid, cordial, devout, earnest, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, ingenuous, onefold, open armed, outspoken, pure-minded, simple, true-hearted, unaffected, whole-hearted, whole-souled), чесний (above board, bona fide, clean-fingered, clean-handed, conscientious, fair, fair dealing, faithful, honest, honorable, honourable, scrupulous, single minded, stainless, straight, straightforward, upright, white-handed). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thật th� (candid, simple-hearted, sincerely, squarely), th� nh thật (conscience, free-hearted, heart-to-heart, honestly, open-hearted, sincerely, straightforward, undisguised, undissembling), th� nh khẩn (truly), ngay thật (frank, sincerely, unsophisticated), chân th� nh (heartfelt, heartily, sincerely, soul-felt, true-hearted). (various references)

Welsh

pur (fairly, pure, rather, very), diffuant (genuine, unfeigned), didwyll (guileless). (various references)

candidum, sincera, sinceram, sinceriter. (various references)

franc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "sincere": sincerely, sincereness, sincerenesses, sincerer, sincerest. (additional references)

Words ending with "sincere": insincere. (additional references)

Words containing "sincere": insincerely. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sincere" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pincered, sancere, Sancreed, sencer, sencere, Sencler, Senclere, senere, sincaer, sincear, sincer, sincerse, sincure, sinere, sinsere, spicere, suncare, zincer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: censer, cerise, nereis, nieces, screen, secern, seiner, serein, serine.

-2 letters: cense, ceres, cines, cires, cries, ernes, nicer, niece, reins, resin, rices, rinse, risen, scene, scree, seine, serin, since, siree, siren, sneer.

-3 letters: cees, cere, cine, cire, cris, erne, erns, ices, ires, nice, recs, rees, rein, reis, rice, rins, rise, seen, seer, sene, sere.

+1 letter: enriches, enticers, generics, increase, insecure, licenser, reclines, secretin, sickener, silencer, sincerer, sinecure.

+2 letters: ardencies, bernicles, canneries, ceintures, centiares, centuries, cicerones, cinereous, cisternae, coinheres, congeries, creatines, creeshing, crescendi, crispened, croceines, decliners, discerned, discerner, enciphers, encircles, enrichers, enuretics, erections, errancies, esurience, exocrines, frenetics, gentrices, greensick, incenters, increased, increaser, increases, infecters, insincere, intersect, iterances, larcenies, licencers, licensers, licensure, narceines, nectaries, neoterics, pencilers, prentices, prescient, princesse, recencies, recension, recessing, recession, recliners, recognise, regencies, reincites, reinduces, reinfects, reinjects, reinspect, reliances, relicense, reminisce, rescinded, rescinder, resecting, resection, residence, residency, sceneries, schlieren, screeding, screening, scrivener, secerning, secreting, secretins, secretion, sickeners, silencers, sincerely, sincerest, sinecures, snickered, snickerer, stenchier, stenciler, stridence, urgencies, vernicles, virescent.