"he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
is similar to
undertaken in good faith
"a bona fide offer"
is similar to
sincerely or intensely felt
"a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
is similar to
earnest
"one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"
is similar to
without dissimulation; frank
"my honest opinion"
is similar to
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
"genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
is similar to
with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
"heart-whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance"
see also
not fake or counterfeit
"a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
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not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
"honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"
see also
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
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being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
"real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
see also
consistent with fact or reality; not false
"the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
is an attribute of
the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
"his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity"