honesty
[noun]
Synonyms:
- integrity, honour, incorruptibility, morality, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue
- frankness, bluntness, candour, openness, outspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

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Antonyms: dishonesty
Contrasted words: deceitfulness, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness, deceit, duplicity, guile
Related Words: conscientiousness, justness, probity, scrupulousness, uprightness, dependability, reliability, trustworthiness, goodness, morality, rectitude, virtue

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

hon‧es‧ty /ˈɒnəsti, ˈɒnɪsti $ ˈɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: honesty ≠ dishonesty; adverb: honestly ≠ dishonestly; adjective: honest ≠ dishonest]

1. the quality of being honest Antonym : dishonesty:
a politician of rare honesty and courage

2. in all honesty used when telling someone that what you are saying is what you really think:
It was not, in all honesty, a very good start.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

honesty
noun
ADJ. absolute, complete, scrupulous, total I always expect total honesty from my employees.
transparent | brutal, painful, ruthless ‘Don't you believe me?’ ‘I don't know, ’ she said with painful honesty.
disarming | intellectual You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives.
VERB + HONESTY have She had the honesty to admit her mother was right.
lack | expect
PREP. in ~ (= honestly) Who in honesty can blame her?
with ~ She answered the questions with complete honesty.
~ about I appreciate your honesty about this.
PHRASES honesty and integrity He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman.
in all honesty (= used to say sth which, though true, may seem disappointing) In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲