honesty

Other forms of honesty

plural

honesties·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about honesty

What does honesty mean?

honesty means "the quality of being honest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in honesty?

honesty has 3 syllables: ho-ne-sty. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈɑnəsti/.

What is another word for honesty?

Close synonyms include honestness, silver dollar, money plant, satin flower, satinpod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of honesty?

The recorded antonyms are dishonesty.

Is honesty a common word?

honesty is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.