Synonyms for integrity
Most common
rectitude probity uprightness goodness purity wholeness reliability
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
Definitions
- n. 1
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
- n. 2
The quality or condition of being complete; pure
- n. 3
Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.
Related words
- Word family
- integer integral integrate integrated
Forms
- Plural
- integrities → rectitudes, probities, uprightnesses, honors…
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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
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| integrity | rising | |
| goodness | rising | |
| probity | rising | |
| rectitude | steady | |
| uprightness | rising | |
| purity | steady |
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).