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Spell Bee Word: Honest


What does honest mean?

Word: Honest

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Honest means telling the truth and never cheating or stealing.

Synonyms: truthful, sincere

How do you spell honest?

Syllables: hon - est

Tricky part: The h at the start is silent, so it is easy to leave out. The last part is est, not ist.

Watch out for: onest, honist, honust

Memory tip: An honest person is the best: honest ends in est, just like best.

Honest in a sentence

Example 1: Riya was honest and told Ma she broke the cup.

Example 2: An honest shopkeeper gave back the extra money.

Example 3: Please give me an honest answer.

Fun Fact

Honest comes from the Latin word honestus, which first meant respected and honourable rather than truthful.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) honest
b) haunest
c) hanest
d) hunest

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a) honest. The first vowel in honest is o, the same as in on.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

honest

a) polite
b) loyal
c) fair
d) dishonest

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d) dishonest. Adding dis at the front gives the opposite meaning.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My friend is always honnest with me.

a) always
b) with
c) honnest
d) friend

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c) honnest. Honest has only one n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which child is being honest?

a) Aman quietly hides the pieces of the vase.
b) Aman says that the cat broke the vase.
c) Aman says, 'I broke the vase. Sorry, Ma.'
d) Aman says that his sister broke the vase.

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c) Aman says, 'I broke the vase. Sorry, Ma.'

2. Ravi finds a purse on the bus. What would an honest boy do?

a) hide it in his bag
b) keep it for himself
c) hand it to the conductor
d) spend the money on sweets

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c) hand it to the conductor

Associated Words

Words that end in -est: suggest, nest, vest, guest, digest, interest

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: truthful, sincere

More words from this list

muffin, quiet, slow, true, April, bucket, cross, fight

Next steps

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