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devotion to telling the truth<George Washington has gone down in history for his honesty>Synonymsintegrity, probity, truthfulness, veracity, verityRelated Wordshonor, incorruptibility; candidness, candor, frankness, good faith, sincerity, straightforwardness; dependability, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness; accuracy, objectivity; authenticity, correctness, genuineness; credibilityNear Antonymsdeception, dissembling, dissimulation, duplicity, fakery, falseness, falsity, fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity; beguilement, craftiness, cunning, furtiveness, guile, insidiousness, oiliness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness, trickery, underhandedness, wiliness; equivocation, prevarication; exaggeration, inaccuracyAntonymsdeceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendacity, untruthfulness
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conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong<known for his honesty in business dealings>— see morality 1
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faithfulness to high moral standards<could count on her studentsʼ honesty, even if she left the classroom for a few moments during the test>— see honor 1
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