honest

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.ɪst/ (RP dated) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.nɪst/ (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.nɪst/, /ˈɑ.nəst/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.ɪst/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔn.ɪst/, /ˈɔn.əst/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɒn.ə.st/, [ˈɔ̟n.ə.st] (Indic) IPA(key): /(h)ɔ.nɛsʈ/ Hyphenation: hon‧est Rhymes: -ɒnɪst, -ɔːnɪst, -ɑnɪst === Adjective === honest (comparative more honest or (nonstandard) honester, superlative most honest or (nonstandard) honestest) (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased. Synonym: truthful In good faith; without malice. (of a measurement device) Accurate. Authentic; full. Earned or acquired in a fair manner. Open; frank. (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming. (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:honest ==== Antonyms ==== dishonest ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: gonest ==== Translations ==== === Verb === honest (third-person singular simple present honests, present participle honesting, simple past and past participle honested) (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable. === Adverb === honest (comparative more honest, superlative most honest) (colloquial) Honestly; really. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “honest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “honest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “honest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “honest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “honest”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “honest”, in Collins English Dictionary. “honest” (US) / “honest” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. === Anagrams === Heston, Stheno, ethnos, oneths == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin honestus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [uˈnest] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈnest] === Adjective === honest (feminine honesta, masculine plural honests or honestos, feminine plural honestes) upright, decent, honorable ==== Derived terms ==== deshonest honestament ==== Related terms ==== honestedat honor === Further reading === “honest”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “honest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “honest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “honest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Middle English == === Adjective === honest alternative form of honeste (“good”) late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner, The Canterbury Tales, line 327-328: