Synonyms for sincerity
Most common
earnestness seriousness warmth serious-mindedness honesty frankness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Earnestness
2. Honesty
honesty, candor US, candour UK, frankness, truth, integrity, veracity, probity, simplicity, ingenuousness, artlessness, guilelessness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being sincere.
Forms
- Plural
- sincerities → earnestnesses, seriousnesses, warmths, honesties…
Example sentences
- warmth The landscape was bathed by the warmth of the sun.
- seriousness I am well aware of the seriousness of the situation.
- earnestness She was frightened by the earnestness of his manner.
- honesty He didn't believe that honesty is the best policy.
- frankness I couldn't help smiling at her childlike frankness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sincerity | steady | |
| warmth | rising | |
| seriousness | steady | |
| earnestness | steady | |
| honesty | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- truth1
- 6 letters
- warmth1, candor2
- 7 letters
- honesty3, candour, probity3
- 8 letters
- veracity4
- 9 letters
- integrity4, frankness2
- 10 letters
- simplicity4
- 11 letters
- seriousness4, earnestness3, artlessness, sincereness
- 13 letters
- ingenuousness, guilelessness
- 14 letters
- unaffectedness, unassumingness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (candor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sincérité
- Italiano
- sincerità
- Español
- sinceridad
- Català
- sinceritat