honestness

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /ˈɑːnəstnəs/ UK /ˈɒnɪstnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being honest; integrity (archaic)

His plain honestness won the trust of the villagers.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... honesty integrity probity uprightness truthfulness sincerity

Opposites

dishonesty deceit duplicity

Word family

Related forms honest honesty honestly

Etymology

From honest + -ness; honest comes via Old French honeste from Latin honestus ('honorable'), from honos/honor ('honor').

honestus Latin honos Latin

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# honestness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈɑːnəstnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈɒnɪstnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality of being honest; integrity (archaic)

## Examples
- His plain honestness won the trust of the villagers.

## Synonyms
- honesty
- integrity
- probity
- uprightness
- truthfulness
- sincerity

## Antonyms
- dishonesty
- deceit
- duplicity

## Related Forms
- honest
- honesty
- honestly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: honestus
- Root: honos

## Etymology
From honest + -ness; honest comes via Old French honeste from Latin honestus ('honorable'), from honos/honor ('honor').

## AI Etymology
honestness comes from honest + -ness; honest comes via Old French honeste from Latin honestus ('honorable'), from honos/honor ('honor'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the quality of being honest; integrity (archaic)", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as honest, honesty, and honestly. Its semantic neighborhood includes honesty, integrity, probity, and uprightness, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin honestus and Latin honos.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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