sincere
sincerest; sincerer
Being sincere is being genuine. If someone compliments you on your outfit, but you notice them rolling their eyes when they think you’re not looking, they probably weren't being sincere.
If you've been offered a sincere thanks for something you've done, the person is probably really grateful. Sometimes when people say "thank you," they don't always mean it, but when they add the adjective sincere, the emphasis is usually for a very good reason. You may hear a charity sending out a sincere thanks to sponsors for their donations, which help keep the charity running.
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open and genuine; not deceitful“he was a good man, decent and sincere”“felt sincere regret that they were leaving”“sincere friendship”
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Synonyms:
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echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit
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honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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artless, ingenuous
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
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existent, real
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
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bona fide
undertaken in good faith
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cordial
sincerely or intensely felt
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dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt
earnest
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honest
without dissimulation; frank
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genuine, true, unfeigned
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
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heart-whole, whole-souled, wholehearted
with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
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true
consistent with fact or reality; not false
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Antonyms:
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insincere
lacking sincerity
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counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior
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dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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artful, disingenuous
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
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unreal
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
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bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
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dissimulative
concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive
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false
deliberately deceptive
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feigned
not genuine
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gilded, meretricious, specious
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
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hypocritical
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
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plausible
given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments
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false
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
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echt, genuine
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characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
Vocabulary lists containing sincere
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