Definitions for honest

honest hon·est

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IPA: /ˈɒn ɪst/

Honest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in honest (ehnost).

Definitions for honest

adjective

  1. honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
  2. showing uprightness and fairness:
  3. gained or obtained fairly:
  4. sincere; frank:
  5. genuine or unadulterated:
  6. respectable; having a good reputation:
  7. truthful or creditable:
  8. humble, plain, or unadorned.
  9. Archaic. chaste; virtuous.

Origin of honest

1250-1300; Middle English honeste Middle French Latin honestus honorable, equivalent to hones- (variant stem of honōs) honor + -tus adj. suffix

Examples for honest

This here fellow, now, couldn't make an honest livin' like that, I bet you.

He's too honest entirely to stale the value of a pin, let alone a carpetbag.

He is honest about his religious doubts, but he is committed to learning more about God.

So I’m sitting with my daughter and all of her friends—who are 13—and she says ‘Dad, can I be honest with you?

The man may be honest, captain: Don't trouble yourself too much.

I never was so honest for so long together since my matriculation.

That desperate, honest, human voice, a voice willing to see change, or die, but in any event never to back up again.

She turned to me as someone to keep her honest after she first dropped her sorority.

And I tell you honest, friend, I'd as soon drill you as turn around.

To be honest, I think a lot of good essay writing comes out of that.

Word Value for honest
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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