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Definition: Honest |
HonestAdjective1. Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight". 2. Without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion". 3. Worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me". 4. Free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest". 5. Without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food". 6. Habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness". 7. Marked by truth; "gave honest answers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "honest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Sound wine free from adulteration and which has not been subjected to illicit treatment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Honest (h silent). Honest Jack Bannister. An actor in London for thirtysix years. (1760-1836.) "After his retirement he was once accosted by Sir George Rose, when Honest Jack, being on the other side of the street, cried out, `Stop a moment. Sir George, and I will come over to you.' `No, no, replied his friend, `I never yet made you cross, and will not begin now." - Grinsted: Relics of Genius. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Honesty is often thought of as the opposite of lying. However, this is a very narrow definition that is often thought of as being very "Western" or dualist.Most moral philosophy would recognize a sort of trivial dishonesty that is part of etiquette, "little white lies" and "polite lying", as acceptable, and usually also recognizes the acceptability of lying under grave risk of bodily harm to self or others - Benjamin Constant's "Middle Principle" was one such provision. However, there are some that seek a much more comprehensive ethical certainty about what one says - Immanuel Kant for instance was quite rigid about this. Confucius recognized several levels of honesty, fundamental to his ethics:
His shallowest concept of honesty was implied in his notion of Li: all actions committed by a person to build the ideal society - aiming at meeting their surface desires of a person either immediately (bad) or longer term (good). To admit that one sought immediate gratification could however make a bad act better, and to hide one's long term goals could cloud a good act. A key principle was that a "gentleman" must strive to convey his feelings honestly on his face, so that these could help each other coordinate for long term gain for all. So there was a visible relation between time horizon, etiquette and one's image of oneself even in the mirror. This generates self-honesty and keeps such activities as business calm, unsurprising, and above-board. In this conception, one is honest because it suits one's own self-interest only.
Deeper than Li was Yi or righteousness. Rather than pursuing your own selfish interests you should do what is right and what is moral - based on reciprocity. Here too time is central, but as a time span: since your parents spent your first three years raising you, you spent three mourning them after they die. At this level one is honest about one's obligations and duty. Even with no one else to keep you honest or relate to directly, a deeply honest person would relate to ancestors as if they were alive, and not act in ways that would make them ashamed. This was part of the moral code that included ancestor worship, but Confucius had made it rigorous.
The deepest level of honesty was Ren, out of which flowed Yi and thus Li. Confucius' morality was based upon empathy and understanding others, which required understanding one's own moral core first, rather than divinely ordained rules, which could simply be obeyed. The Confucian version of the Golden Rule was to treat your inferiors as you would want your superiors to treat you. Virtue under Confucius is based upon harmony with others, and a recognition of the honest reality that eventually (say in old age) one will come under the power of others (say one's children). So this level of honesty is to actually put oneself in context of one's whole life and future generations - and choose to do or say nothing that would not reflect one's family's honour and reputation for honesty and acceptance of truth, such as eventual death.
Partially because of incomplete understanding of these deeper notions of honesty among Westerners, in China and Japan it is common to refer to those who do not have them as barbarians. While sometimes Asian cultures sanction an almost intolerable degree of delay and ambiguity for Western tastes, it is very often to avoid lying, or giving a positive impression where doubt exists. These would be thought dishonest by Asians. Thus pressing for a decision on a matter where it is not yet possible to give an honest commitment or answer is seen as extremely rude - in effect, forcing someone to choose to be either rude or dishonest. Both being unthinkable in traditional culture, one thus delays.
Education is often emphasized in ethical traditions because it may be impossible to be considered honest without acquiring some terminology which which to state truth as understood by the society. Thus ignorance can itself generate dishonesty.
See also: doubt, blame
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Integrity comprises the personal inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from honesty and consistent uprightness of character. (The etymology of the word relates it to the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete)). Evaluators, of course, usually assess integrity from some point of view, such as that of a given ethical tradition or in the context of an ethical relationship. People who for instance said bad things about their own grandmother might appear to lack a form of integrity.
Popular Views of Integrity
Many people appear to use the word "integrity" in a vague manner as an alternative to the perceived political incorrectness of using blatantly moralistic terms such as "good" or ethical. In this sense the term often refers to a refusal to engage in lying, blaming or other behaviour generally seeming to evade accountability. It may take the form of a sense of etiquette that runs very deep, as in Confucianism or the political virtues.
Mensuration
English-speakers often measure such integrity on a one-dimensional vertical scale dominated by two reference points: those of the highest integrity and no integrity (also known as a total lack of integrity).Some prescriptive dualistic schemas of ethics divide human activity into two fields and speak of behaviour as "in integrity" (appoved) or as "out of integrity" (despised).
Integrity in Modern Ethics
There exists however a more formal study of the term integrity and its meaning in modern ethics. It is often understood not only as a refusal to engage in behavior that evades responsibility, but as an understanding of different modes or styles in which some discourse takes place, and which aims at the discovery of some truth.
The Law
An adversarial process, for instance, has a certain type of integrity, in which those engaged in it commit not only to advance the case for "their own" side, but also to reveal where required evidence of use to the other side, to follow certain rules in the debate, and to accept rulings from a judge or arbitrator. Those subverting this might appear to lack some integrity, and that would quite possibly hurt their case. So the philosophy of law concerns itself with the integrity of a practical or process style - integrity as a measure of trust in results, which in turn determines trust in authority itself. Integrity rules themselves probably foster this trust, and thus argument takes place in an authoritative mode: "pleading" to it, asking "relief", and such, as a means of demonstrating acceptance of a common régime of judgement and redress. Those who reject this and insist on some other form of integrity may be found in contempt of court or simply found guilty.
Mathematics
In the philosophy of mathematics, a certain integrity often attaches to mathematical proof, which one can test weakly or strongly, as part of the process of accepting finished mathematics and differentiating it from folk mathematics. This forms a sort of definitive or formal integrity, assumed to differ from simple respect for authority - one believes a mathematical result has some integrity not because it came from a prior famous mathematician of integrity (as would be the case with a jurist perhaps) but because one can define the result as a tautology and it demonstrably forms a part of a larger and consistent body of mathematics.
Science
In the philosophy of science some clear differentiators exist from either of the above modes, since science concerns itself not with authority or definition but with investigation. Scientists endow the scientific method with a certain base integrity, and deviance from it or shortcuts taken or people being accepted on their word may all reduce the perceived integrity of any results - in effect science operates on the basis of a very organized distrust, in contrast to the legal method which places a very organized trust in prior judgements and precedents. In fact, science consists in general of challenging, not upholding or verifying, prior dogma.
Other Integrities
Studies of integrity also exist as it may occur in actions taken by the body, the body itself or its wellness, the mind, its cognition and consciousness, and politics, e.g. the political virtues or views of consensus, e.g. "consent of the governed". See the articles on those specific avenues of investigation.
See also
authority, validity, doubtSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Integrity."
Synonyms: HonestSynonyms: dependable (adj), guileless (adj), honorable (adj), reliable (adj), true(p) (adj), veracious (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dishonest (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket; (wealth). |
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. |
Good Man | Noun: good man, honest man, worthy. |
Imagination | General meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true; (exact) meaning, honest; meaning, prima facie; (manifest) meaning; letter of the law. |
Probity | Adjective: upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious; virtuous; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white. |
Purity | Adjective: pure, undefiled, modest, delicate, decent, decorous; virginibus puerisque; simon-pure; chaste, continent, virtuous, honest, Platonic. |
Truth | Plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an -illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing. |
Noun: fact, reality; (existence); plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature; (principle); truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy; a; authenticity; veracity; correctness,Noun: fact, reality; (existence); plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature; (principle); truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy; a; authenticity; veracity; correctness, correctitude. | |
Veracity | The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; honest truth, sober truth; (fact); unvarnished tale; light of truth. |
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). | |
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Screenplays | I worked at a smorgasbord, and the old people would flock there, and they loved to eat, and they'd just jam their mouths, you know? And they'd just eat with their mouths open, and to be honest, it was too much for me. You get to be thinking about how short life is, and how maybe everything has no meaning, because you wake up, and you're frying burgers, and you're like 60, 70, and then you check out, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) He's real honest. He wouldn't steal nothing (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin) I have been droppin' no eves sir honest! I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you follow me. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.) Yeah. The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) | |
Lyrics | Honest, let's make this night last forever (First Date; performing artist: Blink-182) Let's be honest none of us (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) I heard an honest man lie (What It's Like; performing artist: Everlast) To love, to share, and be real honest (Let's Wait Awhile; performing artist: Janet Jackson) YOU TEACH ME OF HONEST THINGS (Foolish Games; performing artist: Jewel) | |
Clever | My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. (references; author: Mark Twain) So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldn't find honest employment. (references; author: Mark Twain) Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. (references; author: Mark Twain) My favorite mythical creature? The honest politician. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | How an Honest Official Passed the Death Sentence on a Chaste Widow (1958) Honest John Horner (1949) Stealin' Ain't Honest (1940) You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Honest Love and True (1938) | |
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 | The honest statesman, his country's steadfast friend. Harry of the West. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the Stump, at the ratification Meeting of Presidential Nominations. Springfield 1860. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Honest John Morrell. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oh Marshall, she said, am I horrid or am I only honest. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Another profession open to honest industry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "An honest budget if there ever was one" -- HST. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Diogenes in search of an honest man / from an original painting by Salvator Rosa ; etched by Max Rosenthal. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Honest voters trying to elect their officers, in front of the house. Ballot box stuffers, electing their men, behind the house. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Carl A. Haswin in the new romantic melodrama, A lion's heart an honest, earnest production of a great play. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | For honest and progressive government, vote PPP. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | An honest man's the noblest work of God. |
Brigham Young | Honest hearts produce honest actions. |
Diogenes The Cynic | I am looking for an honest man. |
Grover Cleveland | Honor lies in honest toil. |
John Wooden | Be prepared and be honest. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | Faith lives in honest doubt. |
Robert Burns | Dare to be honest and fear no labor. |
Samuel Pepys | A good honest and painful sermon. |
William Hazlitt | Actors are the only honest hypocrites. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | All evil customs connected with forests and warrens, foresters and warreners, sheriffs and their officers, river banks and their wardens, shall immediately by inquired into in each county by twelve sworn knights of the same county chosen by the honest men of the same county, and shall, within forty days of the said inquest, be utterly abolished, so as never to be restored, provided always that we previously have intimation thereof, or our justiciar, if we should not be in England. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | If the innocent honest man must quietly quit all he has, for peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be considered, what a kind of peace there will be in the world, which consists only in violence and rapine; and which is to be maintained only for the benefit of robbers and oppressors. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He praised her for being without art or affectation, for having simple, honest, generous, feelings |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | An honest man would have been frightened |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Oh, honest to God, if the crook of it caught him that time he was done for. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Honest to God, I am. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In honest discussions this rarely happens. (references) | |
Be honest about the amount and type of pain the treatment will bring. (references) | ||
The single most important and basic approach is gentle, honest communication. (references) | ||
Business | It promised to support businesses by encouraging honest accounting and investment in the economy. (references) | |
Taiwan business people and government officials will readily forgive small mistakes in Chinese etiquette if they believe the offender is honest and sincere. (references) | ||
Patients often view a doctor’s acceptance of the red envelope as an iron contract, which implicitly promises that that doctor will provide the patient with the best possible care. One difficulty this situation presents is that if an honest doctor declines, he or she may be perceived as incompetent. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | In so doing, the Court effectively overturned a 150-year old guideline for defamation cases and called for a more generous approach toward the defense of fair comment by ruling that honest remarks, even those made with malice, could still be construed as fair comments. (references) |
Economic History | Bahrain | The bureaucracy is sometimes inefficient but it is honest. (references) |
Japan | It is important to be honest and direct, while avoiding appearing overbearing. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | Very low judges' salaries have led to a well-grounded view among lawyers and citizens that all but a very few scrupulously honest judges are open to bribes or pressure. (references) |
Pakistan | Although the higher level judiciary is considered competent and generally honest, there were widespread reports of corruption among lower level magistrates and minor court functionaries. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | In addition, some victims are involved in private disputes with police agents, while other victims later were found to be honest citizens erroneously caught up in the wave of antigang violence carried out by the police. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | The courts are efficient and honest. (references) |
Argentina | On October 30, 1983, Argentines voted for a president, vice president, and 14,000 other national, provincial and local officials in fair, open and honest elections. (references) | |
El Salvador | Leaders of the FMLN, the one-time guerrilla organization that has become a political party, have established close relationships with the U.S. Government, seeing it as an honest broker during the peace process. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | We suggest you phone for a taxi (your hotel can advise on honest drivers) or have the hotel arrange transport. (references) |
Taiwan | Taxi drivers, restaurateurs, store clerks and other service people are normally quite honest and often solicitous of the needs of the non-Chinese speaking foreign guest. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | Low pay, the lack of a strong ethic of public service, and ineffective management prevent the Ministry from providing effective, honest service. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith |
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Andy Rooney | I'm afraid I do, mostly. They have to make so many concessions in their lives to being dead honest to get the money together and they can call it cooperating with the other part, but not being honest about their positions is what it is very often. |
Angela Ricci | I don't know. I don't even think the Jeep has anything to do with the disappearance, to be honest with you. I just think if it was Rick's Jeep that was gone, it was just weird timing. Now, I did call the mechanic at one time, and this is important to me. |
David Gest | To be honest with you, I liked her, I respected her, but I wasn't somebody who had any of her records. Now I have all of her records. |
John Kerry | Well, I think it is probably the wish of most people in this country that justice is going to be delivered and we don't have the choice of the bin Laden that we have to try. And I think that is an honest appraisal by most people in this country. |
Rush Limbaugh | If Lieberman were as honest as we all thought he was before he changed all his opinions to run with Al Gore, and if he were interested in doing his job with impartiality, he'd recuse himself. |
Sylvia Browne | Nothing wrong with saying that. I think the more honest we are with children, the better because kids are not stupid. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Licentious blockades, irregularly enlisted or impressed sea men, and the property of honest commerce seized with violence, and even plundered under legal pretenses, are disorders never separable from the conflicts of war upon the ocean. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The honest veteran has nothing to fear from such a scrutiny, while the fraudulent claimant will be detected and the public Treasury relieved to an amount, I have reason to believe, far greater than has heretofore been suspected. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | A community where law is the rule of conduct and where courts, not mobs, execute its penalties is the only attractive field for business investments and honest labor. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men, to my side. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For my part, I pledge a progressive administration which is efficient, and honest and frugal. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Honest and patriotic Americans have reached different conclusions as to how peace should be achieved. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Last week the Senate lost a good and honest man, Lee Metcalf of Montana. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You and I have had some honest and open differences in the year past. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | There were honest differences here, in this chamber. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We froze domestic spending and used honest budget numbers. |
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| "Honest" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Honest" is used about 2,957 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% | 2,957 | 3,159 |
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Expressions using "honest": as i am an honest man ♦ be honest with smb. ♦ downright honest ♦ earn a honest penny ♦ earn an honest living ♦ honest broker ♦ honest injun! ♦ honest man ♦ honest people ♦ honest to god! ♦ remain honest ♦ tell smb. one's honest opinion ♦ tell smb. the honest truth ♦ that is the honest truth ♦ To turn an honest penny ♦ turn an honest penny. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "honest": honest-jill-ordinary, honest-joe, honest-minded, honest-speaking, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, honest-while. | |
Ending with "honest": hindsight-honest, too-honest. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "honest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | eerlik (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Albanian | pa hile, i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, 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 rregullt (above board, correct, done, even, formal, frequent, habitual, just, licit, measured, neat, normal, on the level, orderly, regular, right, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy, trig, trim), i papërzier (clear, pure, true-bred, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmingled), i ndershëm (clean, clean-living, disinterested, fair, fair and square, fair dealing, guileless, honorable, honourable, incorrupt, on the level, scrupulous, sportsmanlike, stainless, straightforward, whole-souled), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, direct, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, hospitable, low, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, plain, public, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered). (various references) | |
Arabic | محتشم (bashful, chaste, coy, decent, decorous, demure, modest, reserved, shy), مستقيم (correct, direct, erect, right, stand up, straight, straightforward, through, upright), مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), نزيه (candid, disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, in his right mind, nonpartisan), ساذج (artless, credulous, drip, gaga, gimp, green, guileless, gullible, ingenuous, innocent, mug, naive, ninny, oafish, pastoral, patsy, platitudinous, primitive, provincial, silly, simple, unsophisticated, untutored, unworldly), صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), صادق (befriend, bona fide, chum, endorse, friend, genuine, indorse, plain spoken, real, sanction, sincere, true, truthful, unaffected, unfeigned, veracious, whole-hearted), صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), أمين (fair, faithful, in his right mind, level, reasonable, straightforward), بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, modest, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, plain, primitive, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, with distortion), برئ (angelic, artless, blameless, clear, guileless, guiltless, harmless, inculpable, ingenuous, innocent, naive, pure, simple, starry eyed, white). (various references) | |
Basque | zintzo (upright). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | честен (above board, clean-fingered, downright, fair, fair dealing, foursquare, honorable, honourable, loyal, right, righteous, single, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, straightforward, truthful, upstanding, veracious, white, worthy), целомъдрен (chaste, continent, vestal, virtuous), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved), почтен (clean, hoary, honorable, honorary, honourable, law abiding, loyal, orderly, reputable, respectable, right, savoury, upright, upstanding, worthy), истински (actual, authentic, authentically, bona fide, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, good, mere, natural, par excellence, positive, precious, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, real, regular, regularly, right, right-down, sheer, simon-pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, true, true blue, true born, truly, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veridical, veritable, very, virtual), искрен (bona fide, candid, cordial, deep-felt, devout, earnest, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored). (various references) | |
Catalan | sincer (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Chinese | 實 (honesty, honorable, truthful), (sincere, true), 诚实 (honestness, honesty, Probity, truthfulness, Veracity), 顜 (subject, to inscribe, to superscribe, topic, upright), 淳 (genuine, pure), 正直 (upright, upstanding), 正值 (upright), 愨 , 清廉 (uncorrupted), 剛正 (upright), 實 (real, really, solid, true), 坦白 (forthcoming, to confess). (various references) | |
Czech | upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), poctivý (decent, fair, honorable, honourable, righteous, Square, straight, straightforward, upright, upstanding), poctivá, poèestná, otevřený (above board, avowed, barefaced, blunt, direct, Frank, free-spoken, open, open-hearted, outspoken, overt, plainspoken, raw, straightforward, unclosed, undone, unreserved), èestný (above board, decent, face saving, gentlemanlike, honorable, honorary, honourable, on the up and up, righteous, right-minded, straight, upstanding). (various references) | |
Danish | ærlig (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Dutch | eerzaam (above-board, deserving, upright, worthy), eerlijk (above-board, brave, gallant). (various references) | |
Esperanto | honesta (above-board). (various references) | |
Faeroese | heiðurligur (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Farsi | عفیف (Chaste, Clean, Virgin, Virtuous), صادق (Leal, Loyal, Sincere), جلال (Glory, Kudos, Refulgence), امین (Amen, Trustee, Trustworthy, Trusty), راستکار, راد (Magnaimous, Upright), درست کار (Righteous), بیغل وغش . (various references) | |
Finnish | rehellinen (above-board, forthright, sincere, square, straight, upright). (various references) | |
French | loyal, honnête. (various references) | |
Frisian | earlik (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
German | ehrlich (aboveboard, above-board, candid, candidly, downright, fairly, faithfully, frankly, honestly, really, sincere, squarely, straightforward, transparent, truly, upright), redlich (language), rechtschaffen (above-board, righteous, righteously, uncorrupted, upright, uprightly, upstanding), ehrenwerte (honorably), bieder (above-board, faithful, loyal, respectable, unadventurous, unadventurously, upright, worthy), aufrichtig (above-board, bluff, candid, earnest, earnestly, faithfully, Frank, frankly, genuine, genuinely, honestly, ingenuous, ingenuously, open, sincere, sincerely, straightforward, truly, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned), anständig (above-board, becoming, comely, decent, decently, decorous, decorously, fairly, handsome, handsomely, modest, modestly, perennially, proper, reputable, respectable, self-respecting, sizable, sizeable, sporting, sportingly, square, upright). (various references) | |
Greek | έντιμοσ (equitable, honorable, honourable, respectable, Square, straightforward, upright, upstanding), έντιμος (respectable), γνήσιος (authentic, genuine, original), ανόθευτος, αδιάβλητοσ (irreproachable, unimpeachable), τίμιοσ (above board, decent, fair), τίμιος (on the level, reputable, upright). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תמים (blameless, complete, entire, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naןve, simple, unsophisticated, upright, whole), תם (artless, ingenuous, innocent, naןve, simple), "'ון (chaste, decent, proper, respectable, upstanding), בר (innocent, pure). (various references) | |
Hungarian | becsületes (above board, above-board, fair, fair and square, fair dealing, respectable, sound, straight, straightforward, true, trustful, trustworthy, trusty, upright, white). (various references) | |
Icelandic | heiðarlegur (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jujur (impartial, kosher, truth, upright), bares-baresan, bares, adil (equitable, fair, impartial, just, right). (various references) | |
Irish | macánta. (various references) | |
Italian | onesto (aboveboard, above-board, decent, fair, frank, just, moral, right, Square, straightforward, upright, upstanding, virtuous). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "朴 (homeliness, naive, rustic simplicity, simple, unsophisticated). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | た しい (correct, just, perfect, proper, right, righteous, straightforward, truthful), すがお (face with no make-up, frank, unpainted face), すぐ (easily, immediately, right, soon, upright), ますぐ (direct, erect, frank, straight, upright), まっすぐ (direct, erect, frank, straight, upright), まめ (beans, blister, clitoris, corn, devoted, faithful, hardworking, healthy, peas), まじめ (diligent, serious), せいじつ (faithful, holy day, sincere, the Sabbath), かたぎ (character, disposition, hardwood, respectable, spirit, temperament, trait, wooden printing block), りょうし"てき (fair, upright), れ"けつ (concatenation, incorruptible, integrity), あけすけ (frank, open, outspoken), ものがたい (faithful, reliable, upright), じっちょく (steady), じゅ"ぼく (homeliness, naive, rustic simplicity, simple, unsophisticated). (various references) | |
Korean | 직한 (truthful). (various references) | |
Malay | jujur (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Manx | ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, earnest, faithful, forthcoming, frank, genuine, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, sincere, straightforward, truthful, undeviating), onneragh, oney (artless, harmless, innocent, innocuous, morally uncorrupted, simple, well-meant), jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, downright, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring), firrinagh (authentic, candid, devout, faithful, real, sincere, sterling, true, unaffected, veracious). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ærlig (above-board, candid, frankly, upright). (various references) | |
Occitan | onèst (upright). (various references) | |
Papiamen | honesto (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onesthay.(various references) | |
Polish | uczciwy (above-board, upright). (various references) | |
Portuguese | honesto (brave, clean, fair, gallant, honorable, honourable, plain, respectable, righteous, sincere, single-eyed, single-hearted, single-minded, straight, straightaway, straightforward, true-hearted, trustworthy). (various references) | |
Romanian | integru (righteous, upright), cinstit (above board, candid, chaste, clean-fingered, correctly, fair, foursquare, gentlemanlike, guileless, honestly, honest-minded, honorable, honourable, mensurable, on the level, on the up and up, open, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, simple, sincere, sincerely, sporting, sportsmanlike, Square, straightforward, true, trustful, truthful, unfeigned, upright, venerable, virtuous), corect (accurate, aright, correct, correctly, exact, fair, faultless, flawless, just, justly, mensurable, perfect, precise, right, rightful, rightly, Square, upright), credincios (as true as steel, believer, believing, devoted, devout, faithful, Leal, loyal, loyally, never failing, reliable, staunch, true, true blue, trusty, unfailing, unswerving), cumsecade (amiable, decent, fit, good, serviceable, suitable), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), de treabã (allright, regular guy), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), fidel (as true as steel, constant, devoted, faithful, faithfully, precise, sincere, true), zãu (actually, by heaven, by jove, by my faith, forsooth, honour bright, indeed, on my soul, really, upon my word), limpede (avowedly, bright, clear, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, expressly, fair, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, manifestly, nakedly, obvious, overt, patently, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, precise, pure, serene, sheer, sure), loial (fair, faithful, faithfully, Leal, loyal, sincere, staunch, straight, true), nefalsificat, onest (candid, foursquare, honorable, honourable, mensurable, Square, upright), onorabil (creditable, creditably, earnest, gentlemanlike, honestly, honorable, honorably, honourable, honourably, reputable, respectable, upright, useful, venerable, worthy), sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright). (various references) | |
Russian | честный (above board, bona fide, clean-handed, downright, fair and square, fair dealing, forthright, honorable, honourable, square shooter, straight, straightforward, truepenny, upright, white-handed). (various references) | |
Scottish | onorach (distinguished, famed), ionracan (pl. -ain and +an, upright man), còir (civil, claim, contiguity, just, justice, nf. vicinity, right, title : is). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pošten (bona fide, clean-handed, fair, fair dealing, square, straight, white-handed), čestit (reputable, upright). (various references) | |
Spanish | sincero (aboveboard, above-board, candid, foursquare, genuine, hearty, open-hearted, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, upright, warm, wholehearted, whole-souled), honrado (aboveboard, above-board, decent, fair, honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, moral, open-faced, over the counter, plain, respectable, righteous, right-minded, right-thinking, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, straightforward, upright). (various references) | |
Swedish | ärlig (aboveboard, above-board, fair, fair dealing, guileless, plain, sincere, straight, upright), renhårig (on the level, upright), rejäl (glorious, good, serious, sure), rättskaffens (honestly, honorable, honourable, just, righteous, upright), hederlig (decent, fair, fair dealing, handsome, honorable, honorary, honourable, incorruptible, just, reputable, respectable, upright). (various references) | |
Thai | ยุติธรรม (clean, equitable, even-handed, fair, impartial, just, rightful), ซื่อตรง. (various references) | |
Turkish | hilesiz (above board, genuine, guileless, straightforward, unadulterated), sahiden (actually, for real, honestly, joking apart, real, really), saf (absolute, all, artless, candid, clean, clear, country bumpkin, credulous, deceivable, dewy-eyed, distilled, dupe, elemental, elementary, entire, facile, fine, genuine, greenhorn, gudgeon, guileless, gull, gullible, harmless, homespun, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, juggins, mere, naïve, pigeon, pristine, pure, pure-minded, rank, raw, real, refined, simple, simple minded, simple simon, simple-hearted, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncontaminated, undiluted, unmixed, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, untutored, unworldly, witless), namuslu (fair, honorable, honourable, level, modest, pure, respectable, untainted, upright, vestal, virtuous), katışıksız (absolute, all, clean, clean-bred, clear, entire, pure, sheer, straight, unalloyed, unblended, unmixed), 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-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), gerçekten (actually, by my troth, for real, forsooth, genuinely, honest injun, honestly, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, in troth, in very deed, indeed, it's no joke, of a verity, quite, real, really, regularly, sure enough, true, truly, yea, yes indeed), doğrusu (actually, as a matter of fact, frankly, frankly speaking, honestly, in all conscience, in fact, in sooth to say, indeed, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth, verily), 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 injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, 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, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), açık yürekli (communicative, freehearted, open-faced, openhearted, outgoing), açık sözlü (bluff, blunt, expansive, explicit, forthcoming, Frank, free-spoken, ingenuous, outspoken, plain spoken, plainspoken, plump, straight out, unreserved). (various references) | |
Turkmen | wepaly (true), kemally (decent, suitable), dogruзyl (sincere), akgцwьnli (open-hearted). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сумлінний (conscientious, religious), справжній (active, actual, authentic, factual, genuine, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), чесний (above board, bona fide, clean-fingered, clean-handed, conscientious, fair, fair dealing, faithful, honorable, honourable, scrupulous, sincere, single minded, stainless, straight, straightforward, upright, white-handed), правдивий (faithful, pure, truthful, veracious, veridic, veridical, veritable). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lương thiện trung thực. (various references) | |
Welsh | onest. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bona, bonae, bonam, bonas, bone, boni, bonis, bono, bonorum, bonos, bonum, bonus, honesta, honestarum, honestas, honeste, honestiori, honestum, honestus, melior, meliora, meliorem, meliores, melioresque, meliori, melioribus, melioris, melius, optima, optimae, optimam, optimas, optime, optimi, optimis, optimo, optimos, optimum, optimus, pia pium, pius, proba, probas, probum, rectas, rectorum, salboni. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mhdeni kakon anti kakou apodidonteV pronooumenoi kala enwpion pantwn anqrwpwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nulli malum pro malo reddentes providentes bona non tantum coram Deo sed etiam coram omnibus hominibus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ne forgielde ænigum his yfel mid yfle. Sie behygdige þætte ge don þæt þe is riht be eallum. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | To no man yeldynge yuel for yuel, but purueye ye good thingis, not oneli bifor God, but also bifor alle men. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Recopence to no ma evyll fore evyll. Provyde afore honde thinges honest in ye syght of all men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Kinahanglan walay balusan ninyog dautan tungod sa dautan, hinonoa tinguhaa ninyo ang pagkamaligdong diha sa atubangan sa tanang tawo. |
| Chinese | 不 要 以 惡 惡 、 眾 人 以 為 美 的 事 、 要 留 心 去 作 。 |
| Croatian | Nikome zlo za zlo ne vraæajte; zauzimajte se za dobro pred svim ljudima! |
| Danish | Betaler ikke nogen ondt for ondt; lægger Vind på, hvad der er godt for alle Menneskers Åsyn! |
| Dutch | Vergeldt niemand kwaad voor kwaad. Bezorgt hetgeen eerlijk is voor alle mensen. |
| Finnish | Älkää kenellekään pahaa pahalla kostako. Ahkeroikaa sitä, mikä on hyvää kaikkien ihmisten edessä. |
| French | Ne rendez personne le mal pour le mal. Recherchez ce qui est bien devant tous les hommes. |
| German | Haltet euch nicht selbst für klug. Vergeltet niemand Böses mit Bösem. Fleißigt euch der Ehrbarkeit gegen jedermann. |
| Haitian Creole | Si yon moun fè nou mal, pa chache fè l' mal tou. Chache fè sa ki byen nan je tout moun. |
| Hungarian | Senkinek gonoszért gonoszszal ne fizessetek. A tisztességre gondotok legyen minden ember elõtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau orang berbuat jahat kepadamu, janganlah membalasnya dengan kejahatan. Buatlah apa yang dianggap baik oleh semua orang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jangan membalas kejahatan orang dengan kejahatan. Pikirkanlah barang yang baik di dalam pemandangan orang sekalian. |
| Italian | Non rendete a nessuno male per male. Cercate di compiere il bene davanti a tutti gli uomini. |
| Latvian | Nevienam ïaunu ar ïaunu neatmaksâdami, sekmçjiet labu nevien Dievam, bet arî visu cilvçku priekðâ! |
| Maori | Kaua e utua ta tetahi kino ki te kino. Whakaaroa ko nga mea e pai ana ki mua i te aroaro o nga tangata katoa. |
| Norwegian | Gjengjeld ikke nogen ondt med ondt; legg vinn på det som godt er, for alle menneskers åsyn! |
| Portuguese | a ninguém torneis mal por mal; procurai as coisas dignas, perante todos os homens. |
| Rumanian | Nu kntoarceyi nimqnui rqu pentru rqu. Urmqriyi ce este bine, knaintea tuturor oamenilor. |
| Russian | ОЙЛПНХ ОЕ ЧПЪ"БЧБКФЕ ЪМПН ЪБ ЪМП, ОП ЕЛЙФЕУШ П "П'ТПН ЕТЕ" ЧУЕНЙ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБНЙ. |
| Shuar | Shuar ámin yajauch awajtamkuisha nincha yapajkiataj tu Enentáimsáip. Aents iisam pénker áminia nu amesha tuke Túratá. |
| Spanish | No paguéis a nadie mal por mal. Procurad lo bueno delante de todos los hombres. |
| Swahili | Msilipe ovu kwa ovu. Zingatieni mambo mema mbele ya wote. |
| Swedish | Vedergällen ingen med ont för ont. Vinnläggen eder om vad gott är inför var man. |
| Uma | Ane ria to mpobalinai' -ta, neo' pehawai-ra. Babehi napa to lompe' hi poncilo hawe'ea tauna. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "honest": honester, honestest, honesties, honestly, honesty. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "honest": dishonest. (additional references) | |
Words containing "honest": dishonesties, dishonestly, dishonesty. (additional references) | |
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"Honest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: harnest, Henselt, hinet, hnet, holnist, homesit, Honert, honesta, honeste, Honesto, honies, honiest, honis, Honnert, honot, hons, honut, hornist, hotest, Hownes, hungest, onest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "honest" (pronounced Ä"nust) |
| 5 | Ä" n u s t | dishonest. |
| 4 | -n u s t | agonist, antagonist, anticommunist, arsonist, accompanist, abolitionist, abortionist, balloonist, botanist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cleanest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, hygienist, illusionist, impressionist, determinist, earnest, exhibitionist, expressionist, feminist, finest, funnest, greenest, gymnast, harnessed, internist, interventionist, isolationist, keenest, leanest, machinist, meanest, misogynist, modernist, noncommunist, nutritionist, obstructionist, opportunist, organist, pianist, preservationist, protagonist, protectionist, receptionist, reservationist, revolutionist, secessionist, segregationist, soonest, sternest, tannest, thinnest, unionist, violinist, witnessed. |
| 3 | -u s t | agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, anthropologist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, absolutist, ablest, activist, 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, idealist, ideologist, immunologist, imperialist, 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, 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. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ethnos. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ethos, hents, hones, hosen, notes, onset, seton, shent, shone, shote, steno, stone, thens, those, tones. | |
-2 letters: eons, eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, hoes, hone, hons, hose, host, hots, nest, nets, noes, nose, nosh, note, ones, sent, shoe, shot, snot, sone, soth, tens, then, toes, tone, tons, tosh. | |
-3 letters: ens, eon, eth, hen, hes. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: benthos, ethions, histone, honesty, hornets, hotness, notches, shorten, shotten, thrones. | |
+2 letters: anethols, bethorns, cholents, dozenths, ethanols, ethnoses, hedonist, histogen, histones, holstein, honester, honestly, horniest, hotlines, menthols, neoliths, northers, notchers, nuthouse, ornithes, outshine, outshone, phaetons, phonates, phoniest, potheens, shortens, smoothen, southern, stanhope, toughens, youthens. | |
+3 letters: anchorets, anetholes, benthoses, buhrstone, ceanothus, cenotaphs, dethrones, dishonest, enthrones, erythrons, ethephons, fenthions, hailstone, halftones, headnotes, headstone, hedonists, heptagons, hessonite, histogens, hoatzines, holsteins, holystone, hometowns, honestest, honesties, honeworts, hornstone, horsemint, hosteling, hotnesses, inthrones, knotholes, loathness, methadons, methanols, monteiths, monthlies, neophytes, nontheist, nonwhites, northeast, northerns, northwest, nuthouses, otherness, outshined, outshines, overhunts, pantheons, pantyhose, pathogens, penthouse, phenetols, phonetics, pythoness, scutcheon, senhorita, shogunate, shortened, shortener, shortness, smoothens, something, southerns, stanhopes, stonechat, stonefish, stonished, stonishes, telethons, thermions, thionates, thionines, thiophens, tholepins, thorniest, thornless, threnodes, toughness, townhomes, townhouse, unclothes, undershot, unholiest, unthrones, whetstone, whinstone, xanthones, xenoliths. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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