honorable

adj

1. upright, upstanding, honest, incorruptible, uncorrupt, uncorrupted; ethical, moral, principled, high-principled, high-minded, noble-minded; truthful, veracious, veridical, truth-telling, truth-speaking, truth-loving, truth-dealing; trustworthy, Inf. trusty, to be trusted, responsible, reliable, dependable, tried and true, to be depended or relied upon, to be counted on as good as one's word, honest as the day is long; loyal, faithful, constant, staunch, stanch, steadfast, true, truehearted, true-blue.

2. noble, illustrious, venerable, Archaic. eximious; distinguished, prestigious, eminent, preeminent, prominent; noted, notable, of note, marked, of mark; honored, revered, esteemed, held in esteem or high esteem, respected, held in respect, exalted, high, held in high regard; celebrated, applauded, acclaimed, widely or highly acclaimed, admired, much admired, highly reputed, highly regarded, in favor, in high favor, highly considered, well-thought-of.

3. respectable, reputable, creditable, estimable, meritorious, highly respectable, straight-arrow; law-abiding, law-loving; virtuous, righteous, uprighteous; chaste, sinless, spotless, pure, immaculate, unblemished, unstained, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, undefiled, unsmirched.

4. worthy, right, decent, good, Sl. white; just, fair, impartial, equitable, objective, balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, even, evenhanded, Inf. level; straight, square, fair and square, square-dealing, plain-dealing, square-shooting, straight-shooting; unbiased, nonbiased, unprejudiced, nonprejudiced, nonprejudicial, unprepossessed, unjaundiced, open-minded; uninfluenced, unbought, unbribed, unswayed.

5. open, open and sincere, open-hearted, ingenuous, guileless, artless, genuine, sincere, undeceptive, unde-ceitful, undeceiving, unfeigning, undissembling, undissimulating; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, up front, out front, up and up, on the up and up, on the level, no-nonsense.