Usually means: Truthful, sincere, without deceit always.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word honest:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. honest: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. honest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. honest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. honest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. honest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Honest, honest: Wordnik
  7. honest, honest (to God/goodness): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. honest: Wiktionary
  9. honest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. honest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. honest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Honest, honest: Dictionary.com
  13. honest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. honest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Honest (EP), Honest (Future album), Honest (Future song), Honest (TV series), Honest (The Chainsmokers song), Honest (album), Honest (film), Honest (movie), Honest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Honest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. honest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. honest: Rhymezone
  19. honest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. honest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. honest: Free Dictionary
  22. honest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. honest: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. honest: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. honest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Honest: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. honest-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. honest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. honest: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HONEST: Acronym Finder
  2. honest: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
adjective:  (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
adjective:  In good faith; without malice.
adjective:  (of a measurement device) Accurate.
adjective:  Authentic; full.
adjective:  Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
adjective:  Open; frank.
adjective:  (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
adjective:  (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
verb:  (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
adverb:  (colloquial) Honestly; really.

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