honesty

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. candor, frankness; sincerity; trustworthiness, uprightness; truthfulness, veracity, probity.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Integrity]

Syn. probity, honor, uprightness, veridicality, fidelity, scrupulousness, self-respect, straight-forwardness, forthrightness, directness, trustworthiness, confidence, soundness, veracity, rectitude, right, principle, truthfulness, candor, frankness, openness, incorruptibility, morality, goodness, responsibility, loyalty, faithfulness, good faith, constancy, courage, quality of being honest, moral strength, virtue, reliability, character, veraciousness, conscience, worth, impeccability, conscientiousness, trustiness, faith, freedom from fraud, justice, respectability, honorableness; see also sincerity .

Ant. dishonesty*, deception, deceit.

2. [Fair dealing]

Syn. probity, justice, rectitude; see fairness .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. truthfulness veracity, integrity, trustworthiness, scrupulousness, probity, principle, morality, virtue, conscientiousness, credibility. ''The ability to resist small temptations.''—John Ciardi.

2. candor frankness, directness, straightforwardness, forthrightness, sincerity, outspokenness, bluntness.

ANT.: 1. dishonesty, deceit, deception. 2. indirectness, insincerity

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality of being honest: honor, honora-bleness, incorruptibility, integrity, upstandingness. See HONEST. 2. Moral or ethical strength: character, fiber, integrity, principle. See STRONG.