aboveboard - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | aboveboard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | candid |
| Synonyms: | forthright, frank, honest, open, overt, square, straight, straightforward, true, trustworthy, truthful, up front, veracious, right on, straight from shoulder |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded |
| Main Entry: | aboveboard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | candidly |
| Synonyms: | frankly, honestly, openly, truly, truthfully, on the up and up, overtly, veraciously |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded |
| Main Entry: | believable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, acceptable, authentic, conceivable, convincing, credible, creditable, fiduciary, honest-to-God*, imaginable, impressive, likely, persuasive, plausible, possible, presumable, presumptive, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfying, straight, tenable, tried, trusty, unquestionable, up front, colorable, credential, supposable |
| Antonyms: | inconceivable, incredible, unconvincing, unreliable, unthinkable, unbelieveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | candid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unbiased, unequivocal, unprejudiced, up front, upright, frontal, right up front, talking turkey, telling it like it is, uncolored, unpretended |
| Antonyms: | artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky |
| Main Entry: | credible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believable |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, conceivable, conclusive, creditable, dependable, honest, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, probably, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, seeming, sincere, solid, sound, straight, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, up front, valid, colorable, determinative, honest to God, supposable |
| Notes: | credible means 'believable' and credulous means 'gullible' |
| Antonyms: | implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, untenable |
| Main Entry: | even-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial and fair |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, balanced, disinterested, equitable, fair, fair-and-square, honest, honorable, impartial, just, justifiable, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, on the level, reasonable, right, square, straight, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright, virtuous, on the up-and-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forthright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, direct, directly, forward, frank, open, outspoken, plain, real, simple, sincere, straight, up front, call a spade a spade, from the hip, like it is, no lie, plainspoken, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | devious, dishonest, secret, untruthful |
| Main Entry: | frank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, blunt, bold, brazen, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out*, forthright, free, guileless, ingenuous, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, real, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright, bare-faced, call a spade a spade, from the hip, heart-to-heart, lay it on the line, like it is, plain-spoken, saying what one thinks, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | devious, dishonest, evasive, insincere, secretive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guileless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, simple-minded, undesigning |
| Antonyms: | artful, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, dishonest, tricky, guileful |
| Main Entry: | honest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | truthful, candid |
| Synonyms: | authentic, bona fide*, conscientious, decent, direct, equitable, ethical, fair, fair and square, forthright, frank, genuine, high-minded*, honorable, impartial, ingenuous, just, on the level*, open, outright, plain, proper, real, reliable, reputable, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfeigned, upright, veracious, virtuous, above-board, law-abiding, lay it on the line, like it is, no lie, on the up and up, true blue, undisguised, upfront, what you see is what you get |
| Antonyms: | deceptive, devious, dishonest, false, fraudulent, lying, misleading, treacherous, untrustworthy, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ethical, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, noble, praiseworthy, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue*, trustworthy, truthful, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, moralistic, principled, salt of the earth |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile, amoral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, natural, open, original, patsy*, plain, simple, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, untaught, unworldly, virgin, confiding, lamb, like a babe in the woods, simple-minded, unjaded, unsuspicious, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on the level |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quite honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, accepted, accredited, authentic, authorized, fair, fair and square, honest, lawful, legitimate, official, proper, sanctioned, square, straight, true, valid, verifiable, for real, for real, on the up and up, on the up-and-up, right as rain, straight-shooting |
| Main Entry: | openly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | honestly |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artlessly, blatantly, brazenly, candidly, face to face, flagrantly, forthrightly, frankly, fully, honestly, in broad daylight, in full view, in public, in the open, ingenuously, naively, naturally, plainly, publicly, readily, shamelessly, simply, straight, unabashedly, unashamedly, under one's nose, unhesitatingly, unreservedly, wantonly, warts and all, willingly, without pretense, without reserve |
| Antonyms: | secretly, shamefully |
| Main Entry: | sincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, natural, no-nonsense*, on the level*, open, outspoken, plain, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, unaffected, unfeigned, unpretentious, wholehearted, dead-level, honest to God, like it is, meant, no fooling, on the line, on up and up, pretensionless, sure enough, twenty-four carat, undesigning, undissembled, up-front |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sincerely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | seriously, honestly |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, candidly, deeply, earnestly, frankly, naturally, profoundly, really, truly, truthfully, from bottom of heart, genuinely, in all conscience, in all sincerity, in good faith, ingenuously, wholeheartedly, without equivocation |
| Antonyms: | untruthfully, dishonestly |
| Main Entry: | fair-and-square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest and aboveboard |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, even-handed, honest, impartial, just, on the level, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | publicly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | candidly |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, honestly, openly, plainly |
| Main Entry: | fair and square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely honest and just |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, honest, impartial, just, straightforward, by the book, honest and aboveboard |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial, unprejudiced |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, benevolent, blameless, candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, frank, generous, good, honest, honorable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, moderate, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, open, pious, praiseworthy, proper, reasonable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, temperate, trustworthy, unbiased, upright, virtuous, on up-and-up, principled, uncolored, uncorrupted |
| Antonyms: | biased, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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