sincere
Meaning
- Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
- Meant truly or earnestly.
- clean; pure
Synonyms
without dissimulation
be kind
be diligent
with one’s whole heart
in one’s whole body
single-eyed
be earnest
of high integrity
not deserting
without guile
without simulation
fair-and-square
plain and honest
whole hearted
open faced
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- + *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal. Unrelated to sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia page.
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