sincerity

1. 1.

   an earnest and sincere feeling

   Synonymsearnestnessseriousness

   Broadergravity
2. 2.

   the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical

   “his sincerity inspired belief”

   “they demanded some proof of my sincerity”

   Antonymsinsincerity

   Broadertruthfulness

   Narrowerheartinesssingleness
3. 3.

   a quality of naturalness and simplicity

   “the simple sincerity of folk songs”

   Synonymsunassumingness

   Broadernaturalness
4. 4.

   the trait of being serious

   “a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness”

   Synonymsseriousnessearnestnessserious-mindedness

   Broadertrait

   Narrowercommittednessgravenesssedateness

Other forms of sincerity

plural

sincerities·

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 sincerity

What does sincerity mean?

sincerity means "an earnest and sincere feeling". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sincerity?

sincerity has 4 syllables: sin-cer-i-ty. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/.

What is another word for sincerity?

Close synonyms include earnestness, seriousness, unassumingness, seriousness, earnestness. 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 sincerity?

The recorded antonyms are insincerity.

Is sincerity a common word?

sincerity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.