Dishonest vs. Honest — What's the Difference?

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

Marked by or displaying integrity; upright

Disposed to lie, cheat, defraud, or deceive.

Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine

Resulting from or marked by a lack of honesty.

Equitable; fair

Not honest.

Characterized by truth; not false

Interfering with honesty.

Sincere; frank

(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

Of good repute; respectable.

(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

Without affectation; plain

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

Virtuous; chaste.

Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

(of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.

Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

In good faith; without malice.

To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.

(of a measurement device) Accurate.

Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

Authentic; full.

Lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

Earned or acquired in a fair manner.

Lacking truthfulness;

Open; frank.

Capable of being corrupted;

(obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.

(obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

(obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

(colloquial) Honestly; really.

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; - said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;

Without dissimulation; frank;

Worthy of being depended on;

Free from guile;

Without pretensions;

Habitually speaking the truth;

Marked by truth;