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Synonyms for integrity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Honesty — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

rectitude, probity, uprightness, honor US, honour UK, goodness, decency, sincerity, righteousness, justice, virtue, principle, propriety, right, virtuousness, rightfulness, honesty dated

2. Purity — the quality or condition of being complete; pure

purity, wholeness, unity, completeness, singleness, entirety, entireness, unitedness

3. Reliability — trustworthiness; keeping one's word

reliability, dependability, trustability

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

  2. n. 2

    The quality or condition of being complete; pure

  3. n. 3

    Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.

Related words

Word family
integer integral integrate integrated

Forms

Plural
integrities → rectitudes, probities, uprightnesses, honors…

Choose the right word

Integrity, Rectitude, Right, Righteousness, Virtue or Justice?

Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • goodness He had the goodness to come all the way to see me.
  • probity Are you questioning Tom's probity?
  • rectitude You're hardly a model of moral rectitude.
  • purity I am just a wanderer, seeking purity of the soul.
  • wholeness Wholeness is the opposite of duality.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
integrityrising
goodnessrising
probityrising
rectitudesteady
uprightnessrising
puritysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
right1, honor2, unity3
6 letters
honour2, virtue2, purity3
7 letters
justice2, honesty3, decency3, probity3
8 letters
goodness2, entirety4
9 letters
principle3, sincerity4, propriety4, wholeness2, rectitude3
10 letters
singleness, entireness, unitedness
11 letters
reliability6, uprightness
12 letters
completeness3, virtuousness, rightfulness, trustability
13 letters
righteousness3, dependability6

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
intégrité
Italiano
integrità