HONEST-TO-GOODNESS: Meaning and related words

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word honest-to-goodness:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

honest-to-goodness: Merriam-Webster
honest-to-goodness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
honest-to-goodness, honest-to-goodness: Collins English Dictionary
honest-to-goodness: Vocabulary.com
honest-to-goodness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
honest-to-goodness: Wiktionary
honest-to-goodness: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
honest-to-goodness: Infoplease Dictionary
honest-to-goodness: Dictionary.com
honest-to-goodness: Rhymezone
honest-to-goodness: FreeDictionary.org
honest-to-goodness: Mnemonic Dictionary
honest-to-goodness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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honest-to-goodness: Encyclopedia

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honest-to-goodness: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective: (attributive only) Real; genuine.
▸ adverb: Alternative form of honest to goodness [Honest; truly, really; used to emphasize that a statement is true.]

Similar:

honest-to-God, sure-enough, genuine, old, real, sincere, legit, bonafide, echt, bona fide, more...

Opposite:

disingenuous, insincere, fake, phony, fraudulent

Types:

genuine, authentic, bonfide, legitimate, more...

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