honest (adj.)
- angelic
- authentic
- blameless
- candid
- clean
- conscientious
- creditable
- decent
- dependable
- direct
- dispassionate
- equitable
- erect
- estimable
- ethical
- explicit
- fair
- forthright
- frank
- genuine
- godly
- good
- high-minded
- high-principled
- honorable
- immaculate
- incorruptible
- ingenuous
- inviolate
- irreproachable
- just
- law-abiding
- lawful
- legitimate
- lifelike
- literal
- manly
- moral
- native
- natural
- naturalistic
- noble
- objective
- open
- original
- plain
- principled
- proper
- pure
- real
- realistic
- reliable
- reputable
- respectable
- right
- right-minded
- righteous
- rightful
- saintlike
- saintly
- scrupulous
- seraphic
- simple
- sincere
- sound
- spotless
- square
- stainless
- sterling
- straight
- straightforward
- sure-enough
- true
- truehearted
- trustworthy
- trusty
- truthful
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unambiguous
- unassuming
- unblemished
- uncolored
- unconstrained
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- undisguised
- undistorted
- unequivocal
- unfeigned
- unflattering
- unimagined
- unimpeachable
- uninhibited
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- unromantic
- unspotted
- unstained
- unsullied
- untarnished
- unvarnished
- upright
- upstanding
- valid
- veracious
- verbal
- verbatim
- veridical
- verisimilar
- virtuous
- worthy
It's guid to be merry and wise,
It's guid to be honest and true,
It's guid to support Caledonia's cause,
And bide by the buff and the blue.
I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.
To be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
An honest exceeding poor man.
A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.
I am myself indifferent honest.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Honest labour bears a lovely face.
A prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might,
Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
He preferred an honest man that wooed his daughter, before a rich man. "I would rather," said Themistocles, "have a man that wants money than money that wants a man."
My friends were poor but honest.
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
Take note, take note, O world,
To be direct and honest is not safe.
Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
