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honest 音标拼音: ['ɑnəst] a. 诚实的,老实的,坦率的 诚实的,老实的,坦率的 honest adj 1: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; " honest lawyers"; " honest reporting" [ synonym: { honest}, { honorable}] [ ant: { dishonest}, { dishonorable}] 2: without dissimulation; frank; " my honest opinion" 3: 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" [ synonym: { dependable}, { honest}, { reliable}, { true( p)}] 4: without pretensions; " worked at an honest trade"; " good honest food" 5: marked by truth; " gave honest answers"; " honest reporting" 6: not forged; " a good dollar bill" [ synonym: { good}, { honest}] 7: gained or earned without cheating or stealing; " an honest wage"; " an fair penny" [ synonym: { honest}, { fair}] Honest \ Hon" est\, v. t. [ L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See { Honest}, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [ Obs.] -- Abp. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster]
Honest \ Hon" est\, a. [ OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honn[^ e] te, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See { Honor}.] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. [ 1913 Webster] An honest man' s the noblest work of God. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster] Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. -- Acts vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster] Provide things honest in the sight of all men. -- Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous. [ 1913 Webster] Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. -- Shak. Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. [ 1913 Webster] 162 Moby Thesaurus words for " honest": Christian, angelic, authentic, blameless, bona fide, candid, card- carrying, clean, conscientious, creditable, decent, dependable, dinkum, direct, dispassionate, equitable, erect, estimable, ethical, explicit, fair, following the letter, forthright, frank, full of integrity, genuine, godly, good, high- minded, high- principled, highly respectable, honest- to- God, honorable, immaculate, inartificial, incorruptible, ingenuous, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law- abiding, law- loving, law- revering, lawful, legitimate, lifelike, literal, manly, moral, native, natural, naturalistic, noble, objective, on the level, open, original, plain, plain- spoken, principled, proper, pure, real, realistic, reliable, reputable, respectable, right, right- minded, righteous, rightful, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous, seraphic, simon- pure, simple, sincere, sound, spotless, square, square- dealing, square- shooting, stainless, sterling, straight, straightforward, sure- enough, true, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, true- dealing, true- devoted, true- disposing, true- souled, true- spirited, truehearted, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unadulterated, unaffected, unambiguous, unartificial, unassumed, unassuming, unblemished, uncolored, unconcocted, unconstrained, uncopied, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, uncounterfeited, undefiled, undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembled, undistorted, unequivocal, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, unimpeachable, uninhibited, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unreserved, unrestrained, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unsynthetic, untarnished, unvarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, valid, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, virtuous, word- for- word, worthy, yeomanly
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