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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

free from deceit or trickery;

e.g. He made sure everything was aboveboard before making the final decision.

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Similar Words

Artless

Believable

Candid

Conscientious

Credible

Dependable

Direct

Earnest

Forthcoming

Forthright

Foursquare

Frank

Free-spoken

Genuine

Guileless

Honest

Moral

Open

Openhearted

Out-front

Outspoken

Plain

Plainspoken

Principled

Reliable

Scrupulous

True

Trustworthy

Trusty

Truthful

Unaffected

Unpretentious

Veracious

Veritable

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Opposite Words

Artful

Backstairs

Beguiling

Behind-the-scenes

Bent

Cagey

Clandestine

Closed-door

Covert

Crafty

Crooked

Cunning

Cute

Deceitful

Deceptive

Delusive

Designing

Devious

Dishonest

Dodgy

Duplicitous

Evasive

Fallacious

False

Fraudulent

Furtive

Hush-hush

Hypocritical

Insidious

Insincere

Lying

Mendacious

Private

Privy

Scheming

Secret

Shady

Shifty

Slick

Slippery

Sly

Slyly

Sneak

Sneaking

Sneaky

Specious

Stealth

Stealthy

Subtile

Subtle

Surreptitious

The

Treacherous

Trickish

Tricky

Unbelievable

Undependable

Undercover

Underground

Underhand

Underhanded

Unexposed

Unreliable

Unscrupulous

Untrue

Untrustworthy

Untruthful

Wily

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Related Words

Direct

Forthright

Foursquare

Honest

Plain

Straight

Straightforward

Truthful

Veracious

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