honest
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
honest/ˈɒnɪst/
▶adjective
- 1 free of deceit; truthful and sincere.
■ earned fairly through hard work: an honest living.
■ (of an action) well intentioned even if misguided: an honest mistake.
- 2 simple and unpretentious: good honest food with no gimmicks.
– phrases
make an honest woman of dated or humorous marry (a woman), especially to avoid scandal.
make an honest woman of dated or humorous marry (a woman), especially to avoid scandal.
'honest' also found in these Oxford entries:
above
- candour
- die
- dishonest
- frank
- genuine
- hard-hitting
- honest broker
- honestly
- honest-to-God
- honest-to-goodness
- honesty
- leal
- level
- sharp practice
- simon-pure
- square
- straight
- straightforward
- straight shooter
- straight-up
- suspicion
- true
- trustworthy
- truthful
- up
- upright
- upstanding
