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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
honest
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an honest mistake (=a mistake, and not a deliberate action)
▪ Thomas admitted he had broken the law, but said that it had been an honest mistake.
an honest/straight answer
▪ The honest answer is that I don’t know.
plain/honest/fair dealing (=a particular way of doing business)
▪ a reputation for fair dealing
the honest truth (=used to emphasize that you are telling the truth)
▪ We never came here to steal anything, and that’s the honest truth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ The Radio 1 playlist is much maligned, but it is as honest and fair as any system.
▪ We never hid anything from them and were as honest as we knew how to be.
▪ Be as honest as you can.
▪ I told her about myself in as honest terms as I could.
more
▪ These mandatory standards and minimum compensation made the international ocean bill of lading a more honest instrument.
▪ Or, to be more honest, where had it been?
▪ It may be more honest to face this for what it is.
▪ On the contrary, they are generally more honest.
▪ In an absurd world, perhaps a bit of nervous laughter is more honest than floods of tears.
▪ A modicum of order and justice was not imposed until 1784, after which a more honest regime was established.
▪ It would have been more honest to say that I thought the litterbug needed a lesson.
▪ The truth is that Melanie is all too typical of women today, if more honest.
most
▪ This makes even the most honest of answers seem indecisive and uncertain.
▪ That was the most honest part of her.
▪ He was one of the most honest men she had ever met.
perfectly
▪ To be perfectly honest, I like Depardieu a lot.
▪ To be perfectly honest, it left me pretty cold.
▪ To be perfectly honest, the place is an eyesore, an abomination.
▪ A rare privilege, and one you didn't deserve, to be perfectly honest.
so
▪ Thanks for being so honest with me.
▪ The same voice, sounding so honest and joyful that you want to believe, even when you know the truth.
▪ Lisa, Newquay Thanks for being so honest, Lisa.
▪ He was so honest and up front with me.
▪ But this one was so poignant, so honest.
▪ They're so honest, so straight.
too
▪ Created so by Ted Mosse, lover of uniforms, not too honest, deceased.
▪ Here were depths that Gordon could not easily contend with, and he was much too honest to minimize them.
▪ But Mr Utterson was too honest a man and a lawyer to do that.
▪ You are too honest to be trusted with some secrets.
▪ He was too honest and hardworking.
▪ You keep denying this, but you're too honest to get away with it.
▪ He was both too honest and too fond of Freeborn to make comforting and platitudinous promises.
totally
▪ This is the classic gesture used by those who are not being totally honest.
▪ He has no time for players who are not totally honest with him or with their approach to the game.
very
▪ She was normally a very honest person - so why had she just lied through her teeth?
▪ They were open about everything and very honest.
▪ However, you must be very honest when looking at your mare, because dubious mares breed dubious foals.
▪ He is a very honest man.
▪ He was very honest with her about his wife.
■ NOUN
answer
▪ The honest answer is another question; well what is there?
▪ In my mind, it was the only truly honest answer to my question.
▪ Unless it means he can't give an honest answer.
▪ Sadly the only honest answer to this question is that nobody knows.
▪ Please can we have some honest answers which really address the true situation?
▪ An honest answer seems to be that no one has the slightest idea.
▪ Thoughtful and honest answers to questions.
▪ No must surely be the honest answer.
broker
▪ His style is lucid and he emerges as an honest broker who judiciously weighs the historical evidence.
▪ Amoda tried to explain what I had said, to play the honest broker.
▪ By offering pre-service training we can surely do no worse than act as honest brokers in a fairly honourable profession.
▪ But he was never an honest broker.
face
▪ If only she could have seen them, seen their disappointment as she hurled their creation back in their honest faces.
▪ We have seen the honest faces of the hometown insurance representative on television ads, face after face, year after year.
▪ Henry Jekyll had a kind, open, honest face.
▪ He had a round, honest face with receding fair hair.
▪ He had an open, honest face.
▪ Harry was a handsome young man of about twenty-five, with a cheerful, honest face and friendly manners.
▪ She had an open, honest face, a natural smile and full lips which belied the uncompromising tone of her words.
▪ Sadie looked across at the open, honest face of her husband.
man
▪ I worship her and she won't make an honest man of me.
▪ Not only would there be elections but an honest man was going to run for president.
▪ He found him a hard-working and honest man, if a little curt and tacit.
▪ They that are honest men themselves are not apt to suspect other people.
▪ But we have some time before the treasure is found, and there are some honest men among the crew.
▪ But the most important single factor was the man who had built the business was an honest man.
▪ They had not consciously memorised the names or done anything which an honest man would consider wrong.
mistake
▪ Rex is as capable of making an honest mistake as he is of lying.
▪ It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.
▪ It had been an honest mistake.
people
▪ They were arrogant but, by and large, they were decent, honest people.
▪ The image of the war that I sketched earlier continues to color the efforts of many honest people.
▪ Amid the flow of migrants there may be murderers and rapists, but also honest people.
▪ The society had become so perverted by power and corruption that honest people were considered to be stupid.
▪ In school, we were taught by teachers who were conscientious and honest people.
▪ This is a topic about which honest people can differ.
▪ It was unforgivable, the butcher declared, a cretinous act that had stopped honest people going about their business.
▪ As it happens I ve got a lot of time for honest people like Mr Bassett.
person
▪ She was normally a very honest person - so why had she just lied through her teeth?
▪ It must have stuck in her mind, that an honest person might act out of character when severely threatened.
▪ This in my opinion is a poor reward for honest persons like me.
▪ Two friends of the woman countered by saying she was an honest person who was bruised and upset by what happened.
▪ Dole supporters described the Senate majority leader as a decent, honest person.
truth
▪ He was sensitive, vulnerable, amazed when his honest truths gave offence.
▪ Sherman, tell me the honest truth.
▪ The honest truth, never before revealed, is that there are two types of slimmer.
woman
▪ An honest woman changes her name: she marries.
▪ Why does Lord Staveley say that no honest woman is safe with you?
▪ The majority of the camp followers were however, good honest women who were the wives and sweethearts of the troops.
▪ If dishonoured her, must then make an honest woman of her?
work
▪ In some strange way he was grateful to the man for looking after Eline, for finding her honest work.
▪ Looking for nearly honest work, &038;.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
generous/loyal/honest etc to a fault
▪ David was loyal to a fault, and in his naive understanding quietly expected the same kind of loyalty in return.
▪ He is loyal to a fault, even to his enemies.
▪ His father's brother, Gloucester had hitherto been loyal to a fault.
▪ Your tutor may be generous to a fault but can not reward irrelevance or peripheral knowledge display. 3.
honest Injun
honest to God
▪ "Are you on drugs?" "No, honest to God, I'm not."
▪ Honest to God, I wasn't there.
honest to God
less than helpful/honest/enthusiastic etc
▪ Although he did not reject a fact-finding mission outright, Major was clearly less than enthusiastic about the idea.
▪ But in the same interview Mr Dole, as is his way, was a little less than helpful to the president.
▪ But the way in which they are present may be less than helpful.
▪ In this dilemma, Eliot was less than helpful to his apologists.
▪ Not surprisingly, the reaction of local residents to the schemes was less than enthusiastic.
▪ The refugees are naturally less than enthusiastic about this.
▪ Those who had known him from that earlier period, however, were less than enthusiastic about his elevation.
let's face it/let's be honest
▪ Let's face it, Scott. We're not as young as we used to be.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a fair and honest businessman
▪ All we are asking is that management be honest with us, even if the situation is difficult.
▪ As the job involves handling large amounts of money, it's essential that our workers are honest.
▪ He's one of the few honest politicians we have left.
▪ I don't think she's being completely honest about what she knows.
▪ She was scrupulously honest in all her business dealings.
▪ Tell me where you were - and I want an honest answer.
▪ They were good, honest, hard-working people.
▪ You can always rely on Stewart to be honest.
▪ You need to have an honest opinion of yourself.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He is being honest and honesty is such a rare quality in a performer that the audience are stunned.
▪ It's probably the only honest bit of politics left.
▪ Recommending a strong secretary-general can sound like touting safe airlines or honest stockbrokers.
▪ She horrifies me, to be honest.
▪ That was the most honest part of her.
▪ The attendant was entirely honest in his answers to my questions and in the amount of fuel he pumped.
▪ They also need to be embarrassed and confronted by their honest countrymen.
▪ They are flash people who have money to throw about, and not all the money they throw about is honest money.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Honest

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.

Honest

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.

    Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
    --Shak.

  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.

    An honest man's the noblest work of God.
    --Pope.

    An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health.
    --Sir W. Temple.

    Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.
    --Acts vi.

  3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
    --Rom. xii. 17.

    3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

  4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

    Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
    --Shak.

    Syn: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
honest

c.1300, "respectable, decent, of neat appearance," also "free from fraud," from Old French honeste (12c.; Modern French honnête), from Latin honestus "honorable, respected, regarded with honor," figuratively "deserving honor, honorable, respectable," from honos (see honor (n.)). Main modern sense of "dealing fairly, truthful" is c.1400, as is sense of "virtuous." Phrase to make an honest woman of "marry a woman after seduction" is from 1620s.

Wiktionary
honest

  1. 1 (context of a person or institution English) scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. 2 (context of a statement English) true, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased. 3 In good faith; without malice. 4 (context of a measurement device English) accurate. 5 authentic; full. 6 earn or acquired in a fair manner. 7 Open; frank. 8 (context obsolete English) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming. 9 (context obsolete English) Chaste; faithful; virtuous. v

  2. (context obsolete English) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

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WordNet
honest

  1. adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight" [syn: honorable] [ant: dishonest]

  2. without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

  3. worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" [syn: dependable, reliable, true(p)]

  4. free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest" [syn: guileless]

  5. without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"

  6. habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness" [syn: veracious]

  7. marked by truth; "gave honest answers"

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Wikipedia
Honest (soundtrack)

Honest is the soundtrack of the 2000 feature film Honest, directed by ex- Eurythmics member David A. Stewart.

Honest (film)

Honest is a black comedy crime film released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut of ex- Eurythmics member Dave Stewart and starred Peter Facinelli and three members of the British/Canadian girl group All Saints: Melanie Blatt and sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton.

Honest has been called one of the worst films of all time.

Honest (TV series)

Honest is a British comedy- drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, that first aired in 2005.

The programme stars Amanda Redman as Lindsay Carter, a mother of four who decides that her criminal family is going to change its ways after her husband is sent to prison. Honest also stars Danny Webb, Sean Pertwee and Camille Coduri.

Honest (song)

"Honest" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Future. It was released on August 19, 2013, as the second single from his second studio album of the same name. The song has peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Honest (Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys album)

Honest is a 1991 album by Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys. It was Stewart's second and final album with the Pretenders' Martin Chambers after Annie Lennox left the Eurythmics to start a family.

Honest (Kodaline song)

"Honest" is a song by Dublin-based alternative rock quartet Kodaline. The song was released on 1 February 2015 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Coming Up for Air (2015). "Honest" became the band's third top 10 single in their home country, Ireland, following " High Hopes" (2013) and " Love Like This" (2013).

Honest (Future album)

Honest is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Future. The album was released on April 22, 2014, by A-1 Recordings, Freebandz and Epic Records. The album was supported by five singles " Karate Chop", " Honest", " Shit", " Move That Dope", and " I Won", along with the promotional single " Real and True". The album features guest appearances from Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Pusha T, Casino, Wiz Khalifa, Young Scooter, Pharrell and André 3000.

Honest received generally positive reviews from critics. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and sold 53,000 copies in its first week. As of June 2014, the album has sold 111,000 copies in the United States.

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Usage examples of "honest".

That is my opinion as an honest scholar, viewing the question academically and on its merits.

Milanese boutique, but for an honest afrit it was a pretty shoddy affair.

Any honest afrit would by now have grown wings and shot down to find me, but without a nearby ledge or roof to hop to, the skeleton was stymied.

What, exactly, was he accomplishing by continuing this aimless chase, when he could not even hope to gain honest satisfaction by eventually flailing away at the body of an innocent man?

Washington Street and indisputably the biggest alienist in the world and certainly the only honest one since he never takes a fee for testifying, and never gives an interview to a newspaper.

In Bologna, excited by an excellent supper and by the amorous passion which was every hour burning more fiercely in me, I asked her by what singular adventure she had become the friend of the honest fellow who looked her father rather than her lover.

Art blurted out his doings, his thoughts, in a completely honest, ingenuous manner that irritated those social groups who prefer conversational sparring and the artfully phoney commercial facades.

An honest farmer, like one of these Cumberland folks, when he goes to choose atwixt two that offers for votes, is jist like the flying-fish.

Iraqis resented its authoritarianism and its supression of honest dissent.

Dutch traders were scrupulously honest in their dealings and purchased by weight, establishing it as an invariable table of avoirdupois, that the hand of a Dutchman weighed one pound, and his foot two pounds.

Mrs Pawkie told me, that there was a palid consternation in every countenance when the black and yellow man--for he had not the looks of the honest folks of this country--was brought up the street between two of the townofficers, to stand an examine before Bailie Booble.

Hotel and Surgical Institute, and greatly benefited, I do not hesitate to recommend you and your Faculty to all who may need the services of honest and skillful physicians.

We must, however, be honest enough to confess that we are ourself a bibliomaniac, and few possessions are more valued than an old manuscript, written on vellum some five hundred years ago, of which we cannot read one word.

The battle for honest money would have been lost but for the wisdom of the Republican statesmen who planted the party not only upon the doctrine of theoretical bimetallism, but also upon the doctrine that the question of the standard of value must be settled by the concurrence of the commercial nations of the world and that if there were to be one metal as a standard, gold, the most valuable metal, was the fittest for the purpose.

And all that time the noblemen and noblewomen sat here comfortably, sipping their wine and boggle, worrying more about fine clothes than a poor old widow who was about to be executed by the terrible powries in Caer Tinella, fighting with their quiet insults whispered behind backs rather than with sword and honest wit.