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hon·est  (nst)

adj.

1. Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.

2. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.

3. Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.

4.

a. Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting.

b. Sincere; frank: an honest critique.

5.

a. Of good repute; respectable.

b. Without affectation; plain: honest folk.

6. Virtuous; chaste.

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[Middle English, from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, honorable, from honor, honor (earlier hons).]

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honest [ˈɒnɪst]

adj

1. not given to lying, cheating, stealing, etc.; trustworthy

2. not false or misleading; genuine

3. just or fair honest wages

4. characterized by sincerity and candour an honest appraisal

5. without pretensions or artificial traits honest farmers

6. Archaic (of a woman) respectable

honest broker a mediator in disputes, esp international ones

make an honest woman of to marry (a woman, esp one who is pregnant) to prevent scandal

honest Injun (interjection) School slang genuinely, really

honest to God (or goodness)

a.  (adjective) completely authentic

b.  (interjection) an expression of affirmation or surprise

[from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus distinguished, from honōs honour]

honestness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	honest - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" honorable direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" honourable, honorable - worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" artless, ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" square, straight - characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" trustworthy, trusty - worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
	2.	honest - without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion" sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
	3.	honest - worthy of being depended on; "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" dependable, reliable, true trustworthy, trusty - worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"
	4.	honest - without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food" unpretentious - lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"
	5.	honest - marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting" truthful, true - expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
	6.	honest - not forged; "a good dollar bill" good echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
	7.	honest - gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny" fair equitable, just - fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

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honest

adjective

1. trustworthy, decent, upright, reliable, ethical, honourable, conscientious, reputable, truthful, virtuous, law-abiding, trusty, scrupulous, high-minded, veracious My dad was the most honest man I have ever met.
trustworthy bad, dishonest, corrupt, crooked, unfair, unlawful, unreliable, immoral, treacherous, unscrupulous, unfaithful, unethical, deceitful, untrustworthy, unprincipled, untruthful, unrighteous

2. open, direct, frank, plain, straightforward, outright, sincere, candid, forthright, upfront (informal), undisguised, round, ingenuous, unfeigned I was honest about what I was doing.
open false, disguised, secretive, insincere

3. genuine, real, true, straight, fair, proper, authentic, equitable, impartial, on the level (informal), bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), above board, fair and square, on the up and up, honest to goodness It was an honest mistake on his part.
genuine false, fraudulent, illegitimate, counterfeit

Quotations
"To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"An honest man's the noblest work of God" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Man]
"An honest man's word is as good as his bond" [Cervantes Don Quixote]

Translations

honest [ˈɒnɪst]

A. ADJ

1. (= frank) → sincero
to be (perfectly) honest → para ser(totalmente)sincero or franco ...
to be honest about sth → ser sincero or franco con respecto a algo
I'd like your honest opinion → me gustaría que me dieras tu sincera opinión
that's the honest truth → eso es la pura verdad
to be (perfectly) honest with you → para serle sincero or franco, si quiere que le diga la verdad
I'll be honest with you → voy a serte sincero
you haven't been honest with us → no has sido sincero con nosotros
be honest with yourself → sé sincero contigo mismo
to make an honest woman of sb he finally made an honest woman of her (hum) → al final hizo lo que Dios manda y se casó con ella

2. (= trustworthy, law-abiding) [person] → honrado, honesto
he's very honest in money matters → es muy honrado or honesto en lo que respecta al dinero
he hasn't done an honest day's work in his life → no ha trabajado honradamente en su vida
to make an honest living → ganarse la vida honradamente
by honest means → de forma honrada
it was an honest mistake → no fue un error deliberado
to earn an honest penny or crust → ganarse el pan honradamente

3. (= genuine) → sencillo
good, honest country cooking → cocina rústica buena y sencilla

B. ADV → de verdad
I didn't know about it, honest → no lo sabía, de verdad, de verdad que no lo sabía
honest to God or goodness → palabra(de honor), te lo juro
honest injun → palabra, ¡por éstas!

C. CPD honest broker N (Brit) (esp Pol) → mediador(a) m/f

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honest [ˈɒnɪst]

adj

[person] → honnête
She's a very honest person → Elle est très honnête.
to be honest with sb → être honnête avec qn
He was very honest with her → Il a été très honnête avec elle.
to be quite honest with you ... → pour être tout à fait honnête ...
to be honest, ... → à dire vrai, ..., pour être honnête, ...
To be honest the house is not quite our style → Pour être honnête, le style de la maison ne nous convient guère.

[opinion] → honnête
the honest truth → la vérité vraie
You want the honest truth? → Tu veux la vérité vraie ?
The honest truth is, I don't know → La vérité vraie c'est que je n'en sais rien.
an honest mistake → une erreur commise de bonne foi

adv

I didn't do it, honest → La vérité, ce n'est pas moi.

honest to God! → la vérité !
honest broker n → conciliateur/trice m/f, médiateur/trice m/f

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honest

adj

(= truthful) → ehrlich; to be honest with somebody → jdm die Wahrheit sagen, jdm nichts vormachen (inf); you must be brutally honest with yourself → du darfst dir absolut nichts vormachen (inf); I don’t think you’ve been quite honest with us → ich glaube, du hast uns nicht die ganze Wahrheit gesagt; to be honest about something → etw ehrlich darstellen; to be perfectly honest (with you), I don’t really know → um (ganz) ehrlich zu sein, ich weiß es nicht genau, (ganz) offen or ehrlich gesagt, ich weiß es nicht genau; I’d like your honest opinion of it → ich möchte wissen, was Sie wirklich davon halten; what do you think of the school, in your honest opinion? → was hältst du von der Schule, ganz ehrlich gesagt?; the honest truth → die reine Wahrheit

(= law-abiding, decent) person → redlich; money, profit → ehrlich or redlich erworben; they are good honest people → sie sind gute, rechtschaffene Leute; to make an honest living or penny → sein Geld ehrlich or redlich verdienen; he made an honest woman of her (dated hum) → er machte sie zu seiner Angetrauten (hum); after an honest day’s work → nach einem ordentlichen Tagewerk; he’s never done an honest day’s work in his life → er ist in seinem ganzen Leben noch keiner ordentlichen Arbeit nachgegangen; (as) honest as the day is long → grundehrlich

(= straightforward, real) material, cooking → einfach, echt; mistake → echt; good honest cooking → gutbürgerliche Küche

adv (inf) I didn’t know about it, honest → ich wusste nichts davon, ehrlich or Ehrenwort!; it’s true, honest it is → es stimmt, ganz ehrlich; honest to God or to goodness (emph) → ehrlich; honest injun (emph inf) → ganz ehrlich

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honest [ˈɒnɪst] adj (person, face, actions) → onesto/a; (answer) → franco/a, schietto/a; (means, method) → onesto/a, lecito/a; (wages, profit) → decente, ragionevole; (opinion) → sincero/a
to be quite honest with you ... → se devo dirti la verità...
please be honest with me → ti prego di essere sincero con me

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honest [ˈɒnɪst] adj (person, face, actions) → onesto/a; (answer) → franco/a, schietto/a; (means, method) → onesto/a, lecito/a; (wages, profit) → decente, ragionevole; (opinion) → sincero/a
to be quite honest with you ... → se devo dirti la verità...
please be honest with me → ti prego di essere sincero con me

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honest

adj honest [ˈonist]

1 (of people or their behaviour, statements etc) truthful; not cheating, stealing etc My secretary is absolutely honest; Give me an honest opinion. eerlik صادِق، صحيح، نزيه честен poctivý ærlig ehrlich τίμιος, ειλικρινής honesto aus درستکار؛ راستگو rehellinen honnête יָשָׁר, הגוּן ईमानदार iskren, pošten becsületes jujur heiðarlegur onesto 正直な 정직한 sąžiningas godīgs; vaļsirdīgs jujur eerlijk, oprecht ærlig, hederlig, real uczciwy honesto sincer честный čestný odkrit, pošten iskren ärlig, uppriktig ซื่อตรง namuslu, dürüst, doğru 誠實的 чесний ایماندار trung thực 诚实的

2 (of a person's appearance) suggesting that he is honest an honest face. eerlik, oop مُسْتَقيم، مُحْتَرَم честен upřímný ærlig ehrlich ειλικρινής honesto siiras نجیب kunniallinen honnête יָשָׁר सच्चा pošten, cestit nyílt jujur heiðarlegur onesto 正直そうな 정직하게 보이는 doras, atviras godīgs; atklāts jujur eerlijk, oprecht ærlig uczciwy, prawy honesto deschis открытый úprimný odkrit pošten ärlig ยุติธรรม dürüst, namuslu (個人外表)老實的 щирий مخلص có vẻ thật thà 诚实坦率的

3 (of wealth etc) not gained by cheating, stealing etc to earn an honest living. eerbaar أمين، شَريف честен poctivý ærlig rechtschaffen έντιμος honesto aus حلال vilpitön honnête הגוּן निष्कपट pošten becsületes jujur heiðarlegur onesto 正直な手段で得た 정직하게 번 doras godīgs; neviltots halal eerlijk, oprecht ærlig, redelig uczciwy honesto cinstit честный poctivý pošten pošten ärlig, hederlig ยุติธรรม namuslu, yasal yollardan kazanılmış (財富)用正當手段獲得的 чесний چھل فریب سے دور lương thiện 用正当手段获得的

adv honestly

1 in an honest way He gained his wealth honestly. eerlik بِشَرَف честно poctivě ærligt; på ærlig vis ehrlich έντιμα, τίμια honestamente ausalt با صداقت vilpittömästi honnêtement בְּיוֹשֶׁר ईमानदारी से pošteno becsületesen secara jujur heiðarlega onestamente 正当に 정직하게 sąžiningai, dorai godīgi secara jujur eerlijk, oprecht på ærlig/redelig vis uczciwie honestamente cinstit честно poctivo pošteno pošteno ärligt, hederligt อย่างจริงใจ dürüst bir şekilde, dürüstçe 誠實地 чесно ایمانداری سے một cách lương thiện 用正当手段

2 used to stress the truth of what a person is saying Honestly, that's exactly what he said; I honestly don't think it's possible. regtig بِصِدْق، بأمانَه честно namouduši helt ærligt wirklich ειλικρινά, αλήθεια francamente, de verdad, honestamente tõesti صادقانه ihan totta franchement בְכֵנוּת सचमुच ozbiljno, na poštenu rijec becsületszavamra! terus terang í raun og veru davvero, francamente 正直に言って 정직하게 말하면 tikrai, iš tiesų, garbės žodis patiešām betul eerlijk ærlig/oppriktig talt naprawdę honestamente sincer честно; действительно čestné slovo, namôjdušu odkrito povedano iskreno ärligt talat, uppriktigt sagt อย่างยุติธรรม doğrusu, sahiden, vallahi 說真的 чесно кажучи حقیقتہً thành thật 说真的

interj

used to express mild anger etc Honestly! That was a stupid thing to do! eerlik waar بِصَراحه! كَلِمَة تُسْتَعْمَل للتعبير عن غَضَب خَفيف наистина! vážně! ærligt talt! wirklich για Όνομα Του Θεού! (επιφ.) hay que ver tõepoolest واقعاً که todellakin tout de même! בֶּאֱמֶת! हल्का गुस्सा जाहिर करने के लिए उपयोग होता है Stvarno! isten bizony! sungguh! heyrðu mig nú!/samt sem áður! (ma insomma!) 全く 정말, 참으로 iš tikrųjų! goda vārds! terus terang werkelijk! herlighet! francamente nu pot să cred! честное слово!, в самом деле! vážne! Veš kaj! stvarno ärligt talat! คำอุทานแสดงความไม่เชื่อถือ Vallahi!, cidden! (表示微慍)是喔！ їй-богу! ہلکی سی ناراضگی ظاہر کرنے کا کلمہ trời ơi 老实说

n honesty

Surely, if you own up to something, you should be praised for your honesty, not punished. eerlikheid شَرَف، صِدْق честност poctivost, upřímnost ærlighed die Ehrlichkeit τιμιότητα honestidad ausus صداقت rehellisyys honnêteté בְּכֵנוּת ईमानदारी poštenje, iskrenost becsület(esség) kejujuran heiðarleiki onestà 正直 정직 sąžiningumas godīgums; atklātība kejujuran eerlijk-, oprechtheid ærlighet, oppriktighet, redelighet uczciwość honestidade cinste честность poctivosť poštenost poštenje ärlighet, hederlighet ความซื่อสัตย์ dürüstlük, namus(luluk) 誠實 чесність ایمانداری sự trung thực; thật thà 诚实

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honest → أمين čestný ærlig ehrlich ειλικρινής honrado rehellinen honnête pošten onesto 正直な 정직한 eerlijk ærlig uczciwy honesto честный ärlig ซื่อสัตย์ dürüst trung thực 诚实的