| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, objective |
Synonyms: |
artless, candid, disinterested, fair, frank, free, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, lay it on the line, mellow, natural, objective, on the level, open-and-shut, openhearted, plain, receptive, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey, transparent, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, unprejudiced, unreserved, up-front |
Antonyms: |
deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, lying, shifty, subjective |
| Main Entry: | sincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dead-level, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest to God, like it is, meant, natural, no fooling, no-nonsense, on the level, on the line, on up and up, open, outspoken, plain, pretensionless, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, sure enough, true, true-blue, trustworthy, twenty-four carat, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up-front, wholehearted |
Antonyms: |
dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | straightforward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, barefaced, candid, direct, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line, level, like it is, mellow*, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing, pretenseless, right-on, sincere, square-shooting, straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unvarnished, up front, upright, upstanding, veracious |
Antonyms: |
deceitful, devious, dishonest |
| Main Entry: | unvarnished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plain, honest |
Synonyms: |
bare, candid, clean, folksy, for real, frank, genuine, homey, naked, open, open and shut, pure, pure and simple, simple, sincere, stark, straight, straightforward, unadorned, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, unembellished, vanilla |
Antonyms: |
dishonest, falsified |