Synonyms for sincere
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sin-seer |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪnˈsɪər |
Top 10 synonyms for sincere Other synonyms for the word sincere
- aboveboard
- actual
- artless
- bona fide
- dead-level
- dear
- devout
- faithful
- frank
- guileless
- honest to God
- like it is
- meant
- natural
- no fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- on up and up
- open
- plain
- pretensionless
- regular
- righteous
- saintly
- square
- sure enough
- true-blue
- twenty-four carat
- unaffected
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unpretentious
- up-front
- wholehearted
Définition of sincere
Origin :- 1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s.
- There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE *sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent).
- adj straightforward, honest
- The devotion to and concern for our institutions are deep and sincere.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He put the question with an eagerness that seemed all sincere.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- A breath of sincere, touching admiration came from every side.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- "Then I'm sure these illuminations of his for the peace are none of the most sincere," said O'Mooney.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The exclamation was sincere: at this moment she thought as she spoke.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He expressed a most earnest and sincere wish to make his wife happy.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- My heart, as I have heretofore said, is a sincere sharer in all your distresses.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Of all that is noble and true in the Puritan character we are sincere admirers.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Though hypocritical, he was, as we have before said, a most sincere believer.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The girl greeted him with a note of sincere pleasure in her surprise.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
Antonyms for sincere
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