honest

honest /'ɔnist/
  • tính từ
    • lương thiện
      • an honest man: một người lương thiện
    • trung thực, chân thật
      • honest truth: sự thật trung thực, sự thật hoàn toàn
    • kiếm được một cách lương thiện; chính đáng
      • to turn (earn) an honest penny: làm ăn lương thiện
    • thật, không giả mạo (đồ vật, hàng hoá...)
    • (đùa và có ý kẻ cả) tốt, xứng đáng
      • my honest friend: ông bạn tốt của tôi
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) trong trắng, trinh tiết (đàn bà)
    • honest Injun!
      • xin hãy lấy danh dự mà thề!, xin thề là nói trung thực
    • to make an honnest woman of someone
      • cưới xin tử tế một người đàn bà sau khi đã chung chạ với nhau
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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): honesty, dishonesty, honest, dishonest, honestly, dishonestly

Xem thêm: honorable, dependable, reliable, true(p), guileless, veracious



honest

Từ điển Collocation

honest adj.

VERBS be, seem

ADV. extremely, really, scrupulously, truly, very | absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, totally | less than, not altogether, not entirely I don't think you've been altogether honest with me. | basically, enough, reasonably She seems honest enough. | refreshingly | brutally, painfully, ruthlessly Let's be brutally honest about this: you haven't a hope of succeeding.

PREP. about Try to be honest about how you feel. | in He is always scrupulously honest in his business activities. | with My parents were always completely honest with me.

PHRASES to be honest (with you) To be quite honest with you, I don't think he's the right person for the job. | open and honest She was totally open and honest about her feelings.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; honorable

    honest lawyers

    honest reporting

    an honest wage

    honest weight

  • without dissimulation; frank

    my honest opinion

  • worthy of being depended on; dependable, reliable, true(p)

    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

  • free from guile; guileless

    his answer was simple and honest

  • without pretensions

    worked at an honest trade

    good honest food

  • habitually speaking the truth; veracious

    an honest man

    a veracious witness

  • marked by truth

    gave honest answers

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: fair frank genuine open pure sincere truthful upright
ant.: dishonest