honest
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
How often you will meet it
Rank 937 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,570 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent also: honorable honest lawyershonest reporting
- without dissimulation; frank my honest opinion
- worthy of being depended on also: dependable, reliable, true a dependable workeran honest working stiff
- without pretensions worked at an honest tradegood honest food
- marked by truth gave honest answershonest reporting
- not forged also: good a good dollar bill
honest in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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One is not even honest with him.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Whence draw ye, honest gentlemen, your constant wind supply?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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It was a face which attracted, broad-browed, clear-eyed, and honest, but not a strong face--yet.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Vainly do all the disciples of honest Izaak Walton discourse, in eulogistic strains, of the pleasure of the sport.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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She had nice, round, fresh cheeks and nice, big, honest eyes, plenty of mouse-brown hair and a short, straight nose.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1