English > sincere: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | open and genuine; not deceitful. |
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| Examples | - "he was a good man, decent and sincere"
- "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"
- "sincere friendship"
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| Attribute of | sincerity | The quality of being open and truthful |
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| Narrower | bona fide | undertaken in good faith |
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| cordial | sincerely or intensely felt |
| dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt | earnest |
| genuine, true, unfeigned | not pretended |
| heart-whole, wholehearted, whole-souled | With unconditional / unconditional and enthusiastic devotion |
| honest | Without dissimulation |
| See also | genuine, echt | not fake or counterfeit |
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| honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
| ingenuous, artless | Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
| real, existent | Being or occurring in fact or actuality |
| true | consistent with fact or reality |
| Opposite | insincere | lacking sincerity |
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| Spanish | sincero |
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| Catalan | sincer |
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| Nouns | sincerity | the quality of being open and truthful |
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| Adverbs | sincerely | with sincerity |
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