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on the up and up
phrase as in decent
Strong match
phrase as in even-handed
phrase as in fair
Strongest matches
phrase as in honest
Strongest matches
phrase as in honest-to-goodness
phrase as in honorable
Strongest matches
phrase as in lawful
Weak matches
phrase as in legal
Weak matches
- acknowledged
- allowed
- authorized
- card-carrying
- chartered
- clean
- condign
- decreed
- due
- enforceable
- enforced
- enjoined
- forensic
- granted
- innocent
- judged
- judicial
- just
- justifiable
- justified
- legalized
- legit
- licit
- on the level
- ordained
- passed
- precedented
- prescribed
- protected
- right
- rightful
- sanctioned
- sound
- straight
- sure-enough
- warranted
- within the law
phrase as in legit
Weak matches
- authorized
- bona fide
- canonical
- card-carrying
- commanded
- condign
- constitutional
- decreed
- due
- enacted
- enforced
- enjoined
- established
- innocent
- judged
- judicial
- jural
- juridical
- jurisprudent
- just
- justifiable
- kosher
- legal
- legalized
- legislated
- legitimate
- legitimatized
- licit
- mandated
- of right
- official
- on the level
- ordained
- ordered
- passed
- permissible
- proper
- protected
- rightful
- ruled
- statutory
- valid
- vested
- warrantable
- warranted
phrase as in legitimate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
phrase as in on the level
phrase as in permissible
phrase as in rightful
phrase as in sincere
Weak matches
- 24-carat
- aboveboard
- actual
- artless
- bona fide
- dead-level
- dear
- devout
- faithful
- frank
- guileless
- honest-to-God
- honest-to-goodness
- like it is
- meant
- natural
- no-fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- open
- plain
- pretensionless
- regular
- righteous
- saintly
- square
- sure-enough
- true-blue
- unaffected
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unpretentious
- up-front
- wholehearted
phrase as in true
phrase as in trustworthy/trusty
Weak matches
- accurate
- always there
- authentic
- authoritative
- convincing
- credible
- dependable
- ethical
- exact
- honest
- honorable
- kosher
- levelheaded
- mature
- on the level
- open
- plausible
- principled
- realistic
- responsible
- righteous
- rock solid
- saintly
- secure
- sensible
- solid
- square
- steadfast
- straight
- there
- to be trusted
- tried
- tried-and-true
- true
- true-blue
- trustable
- truthful
- unfailing
- up-front
- upright
- valid
- veracious
phrase as in truthful
Strongest matches
phrase as in veracious
phrase as in virtuous
Weak matches
- blameless
- celibate
- chaste
- clean-living
- effective
- effectual
- efficient
- excellent
- exemplary
- faithful
- guiltless
- high-principled
- in the clear
- incorruptible
- inculpable
- irreprehensible
- legit
- moral
- moralistic
- on the level
- praiseworthy
- pure
- regular
- right-minded
- spotless
- straight
- true-blue
- unsullied
- untainted
- untarnished
- up front
- upright
- without reproach
- worthy
adverb as in aboveboard
Strong match
Weak matches
adverb as in objectively
Example Sentences
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is on the up and up in her battle with an undisclosed form of cancer; just ask her husband, Prince William.
"We have evidence and proof to show that everything's on the up and up right now," City Commissioner Omar Sabir told reporters outside a new secure ballot-counting facility in Northeast Philadelphia.
It can be difficult for customers to tell whether stores are on the up and up.
“We need every sheriff to get over there, every law enforcement official because we got the votes. We got to make sure everything's on the up and up,” the former president explained.
Eric Holder, who served as U.S. attorney general under former President Barack Obama, said Cannon’s behavior has been downright “disturbing,” writing on social media that “this whole process in the documents case has simply not been on the up and up.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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