Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprightness |
| Synonyms: | decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, morality, probity, righteousness, virtue |
| Antonyms: | dishonesty, infamy |
| Main Entry: | equity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impartiality |
| Synonyms: | disinterestedness, equitableness, even-handedness, fair play, fair-mindedness, fairness, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, piece, reasonableness, rectitude, righteousness, square deal, uprightness |
| Antonyms: | bias, inequity, partiality, unfairness, unjustness |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morality |
| Synonyms: | class, dignity, excellence, ideal, merit, prerogative, probity, quality, rectitude, right, righteousness, straight, uprightness, value, virtue, worth |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | evil, immorality, sin, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth |
| Antonyms: | evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | honesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truthfulness, candidness |
| Synonyms: | bluntness, candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, impeccability, incorruptibility, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainness, principle, probity, rectitude, reputability, responsibility, right, scrupulousness, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness, uprightness, veracity, virtue |
| Antonyms: | artifice, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, fraudulence, lying, treachery |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
| Synonyms: | character, chastity, courage, decency, fairness, goodness, honestness, honesty, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morality, morals, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue |
| Antonyms: | blemish, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, stigma |
| Main Entry: | integrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honor, uprightness |
| Synonyms: | candor, forthrightness, goodness, honestness, honesty, honorableness, incorruptibility, incorruption, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, virtue |
| Antonyms: | corruption, disgrace, dishonesty, dishonor |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | morality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethics, honesty |
| Synonyms: | chastity, conduct, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, gentleness, godliness, good habits, goodness, honor, ideals, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principle, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, saintliness, standards, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Notes: | morality is beliefs regarding appropriate behavior, while ethics is the formal study of morality |
| Antonyms: | amorality, badness, corruption, dishonesty, evil, immorality, sinfulness, unethicalness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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