Meaning | worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect. |
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Synonym | honorable |
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Attribute of | honorableness, honourableness | The quality of deserving honor or respect |
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Narrower | august, revered, venerable | profoundly honored |
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laureate | worthy of the greatest honor / honor or distinction |
time-honored, time-honoured | honored because of age or long usage |
See also | honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
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just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles |
noble | Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character |
reputable | Having a good reputation |
worthy | Having worth or merit or value |
Opposite | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
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Spanish | honorable, honorífico, honrado |
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Catalan | honorable |
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Nouns | honourableness | the quality of deserving honor or respect |
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