Definition: gained or earned without cheating or stealing
Usage: an honest wage; an fair penny
Similar words: just, equitable
Definition: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
Usage: equitable treatment of all citizens; an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
Definition: not forged
Usage: a good dollar bill
Definition: not fake or counterfeit
Usage: a genuine Picasso; genuine leather
Definition: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
Usage: honest lawyers; honest reporting
Similar words: downright
Definition: characterized by plain blunt honesty
Usage: a downright answer; a downright kind of person
Synonyms: honest
Definition: marked by truth
Usage: gave honest answers; honest reporting
Definition: expressing or given to expressing the truth
Usage: a true statement; gave truthful testimony; a truthful person
Synonyms: honest
Definition: without pretensions
Usage: worked at an honest trade; good honest food
Similar words: unpretentious
Definition: lacking pretension or affectation
Usage: an unpretentious country church; her quiet unpretentious demeanor
Synonyms: honest
Definition: without dissimulation; frank
Usage: my honest opinion
Similar words: sincere
Definition: open and genuine; not deceitful
Usage: he was a good man, decent and sincere; felt sincere regret that they were leaving; sincere friendship
Synonyms: dependable, honest, true, reliable
Definition: worthy of being depended on
Usage: a dependable worker; an honest working stiff; a reliable sourcSFLe of information; he was true to his word; I would be true for there are those who trust me
Similar words: trustworthy, trusty
Definition: worthy of trust or belief
Usage: a trustworthy report; an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion