honest
honest is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
- adjective. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness 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.
- adjective. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
- adjective. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
- adjective. To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
- adjective. gained or earned without cheating or stealing
"an honest wage"
"an fair penny"
- adjective. not forged
"a good dollar bill"
- adjective. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
"honest lawyers"
"honest reporting"
- adjective. marked by truth
"gave honest answers"
"honest reporting"
- adjective. without pretensions
"worked at an honest trade"
"good honest food"
- adjective. without dissimulation; frank
"my honest opinion"
- adjective. worthy of being depended on
"a dependable worker"
"an honest working stiff"
Synonyms
fair, good, honorable, dependable, reliable, true
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in honest:
Common word forms
honester, honestly, honestest, honestness
Words from these letters
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