noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
rhymes with -ɛɹəti
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CMU ARPABET:S IH0 N S EH1 R AH0 T IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being sincere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: honesty, sincereness
Antonyms: insincerity, insincereness
2
noun
Meaning 2
the trait of being serious- Robert Rice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earnestness, seriousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gravity, solemnity
History
Etymology
From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِخْلَاص
(ʔiḵlāṣ)
— quality of being sincere
Azerbaijani:
səmimilik
— quality of being sincere
Azerbaijani:
səmimiyyət
— quality of being sincere
Belarusian:
шчы́расць
(ščýrascʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Belarusian:
адкры́тасць
(adkrýtascʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Bulgarian:
и́скреност
(ískrenost)
— quality of being sincere
Catalan:
sinceritat
— quality of being sincere
Cebuano:
sinceridad
— quality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin:
真誠 /真诚
(zhēnchéng)
— quality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin:
真心
(zhēnxīn)
— quality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin:
誠實 /诚实
(chéngshí)
— quality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin:
真摯 /真挚
(zhēnzhì)
— quality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin:
誠意 /诚意
(chéngyì)
— quality of being sincere
Czech:
upřímnost
— quality of being sincere
Danish:
oprigtighed
— quality of being sincere
Dutch:
oprechtheid
— quality of being sincere
Esperanto:
sincereco
— quality of being sincere
Finnish:
rehellisyys
— quality of being sincere
Finnish:
vilpittömyys
— quality of being sincere
French:
sincérité
— quality of being sincere
German:
Aufrichtigkeit
— quality of being sincere
German:
Ehrlichkeit
— quality of being sincere
Gothic:
𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹
(allawērei)
— quality of being sincere
Gothic:
𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰
(airkniþa)
— quality of being sincere
Greek:
ειλικρίνεια
(eilikríneia)
— quality of being sincere
Ancient Greek:
ἀφελότης
(aphelótēs)
— quality of being sincere
Hungarian:
egyenesség
— quality of being sincere
Hungarian:
őszinteség
— quality of being sincere
Italian:
sincerità
— quality of being sincere
Japanese:
誠実
(seijitsu)
— quality of being sincere
Japanese:
誠意
(seii)
— quality of being sincere
Khmer:
ភាពស្មោះ
(phiəpsmɑh)
— quality of being sincere
Korean:
성실
(seongsil)
— quality of being sincere
Korean:
성의
(seong'ui)
— quality of being sincere
Latin:
sincēritās
— quality of being sincere
Macedonian:
искреност
(iskrenost)
— quality of being sincere
Malayalam:
ആത്മാർത്ഥത
(ātmāṟtthata)
— quality of being sincere
Norwegian Bokmål:
oppriktighet
— quality of being sincere
Polish:
szczerość
— quality of being sincere
Portuguese:
sinceridade
— quality of being sincere
Romanian:
sinceritate
— quality of being sincere
Russian:
и́скренность
(ískrennostʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Russian:
открове́нность
(otkrovénnostʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Russian:
че́стность
(čéstnostʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Serbo-Croatian:
и̏скрено̄ст
— quality of being sincere
Serbo-Croatian:
ȉskrenōst
— quality of being sincere
Slovak:
úprimnosť
— quality of being sincere
Slovene:
iskrenost
— quality of being sincere
Spanish:
sinceridad
— quality of being sincere
Swedish:
uppriktighet
— quality of being sincere
Thai:
ความจริงใจ
— quality of being sincere
Turkish:
samimiyet
— quality of being sincere
Turkmen:
dogruçyllyk
— quality of being sincere
Turkmen:
yhlas
— quality of being sincere
Ukrainian:
щи́рість
(ščýristʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Ukrainian:
відве́ртість
(vidvértistʹ)
— quality of being sincere
Vietnamese:
sự chân thành
— quality of being sincere