Honest

  • (adj): Without pretensions.
    Example: "Worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on honest:

Language Of Adoption - Honest Adoption Language
... Honest Adoption Language" refers to a set of terms that reflect the point of view that (1) family relationships (social, emotional, psychological or physical ... Some people choose to use "Honest Adoption Language" (HAL) because it reflects the original terminology ... The reasons against its use The term "Honest" implies that all other language used in adoption is dishonest ...
Select Registry - History
... North America identifying unique places that offered what he called, "good honest lodging, good honest food, and good honest feeling." Through his book, Country Inns and Back Roads, Simpson introduced the ...
So Long Mr. Chumps - Plot
... The Stooges are inept, but honest, street cleaners ... them a 5,000-dollar reward if they can find an honest man with executive abilities ... An honest dog ultimately leads them to a weeping girl (Dorothy Appleby) who explains that her sweetheart has been unfairly jailed ...
Bravely - As A Strength in Psychology - Honesty
... honesty with courage, there are obvious situations in life where to be honest and authentic requires a great deal of strength in the midst of fear ... While all people seem to grow in their understanding of the moral importance of honest and integrity as they grow older, there are certain individuals who seem to especially excel in this human strength ... so much so that many measurements have been developed in an effort to identify especially honest individuals ...
Supermarket Woman - Plot
... and threatens the longer-established 'Honest Goro' with its aggressive price cutting ... The owner of 'Honest Goro' (Goro, played by Masahiko Tsugawa) inspects the new store, and bumps into an old classmate he hasn't seen for years (Hanako, played by Nobuko Miyamoto) ... Meanwhile, the manager of 'Honest Goro' is taking back-handers from 'Bargains Galore', and eventually resigns to start work at the new supermarket ...

More definitions of "honest":

  • (adj): Habitually speaking the truth.
    Example: "An honest man"
    Synonyms: veracious
  • (adj): Free from guile.
    Example: "His answer was simple and honest"
    Synonyms: guileless
  • (adj): Marked by truth.
    Example: "Gave honest answers"
  • (adj): Without dissimulation; frank.
    Example: "My honest opinion"
  • (adj): Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.
    Example: "Honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
    Synonyms: honorable

Famous quotes containing the word honest:

    “Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choosing of which you do, in advance, consent to be a knave.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose, like an honest man and a soldier, and now is he turned orthography; his words are a very fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “At one time or another, almost every politician needs an honest man so badly that, like a ravenous wolf, he breaks into a sheep-fold: not to devour the ram he has stolen, however, but rather to conceal himself behind its wooly back.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)