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sincerity

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
  • rhymes with -ɛɹəti
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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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trait

Narrower terms: committedness, commitment, graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness, sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness

3

noun

Meaning 3

a quality of naturalness and simplicity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the simple sincerity of folk songs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unassumingness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: naturalness

4

noun

Meaning 4

the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his sincerity inspired belief
  • they demanded some proof of my sincerity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: insincerity

Broader terms: truthfulness

Narrower terms: heartiness, wholeheartedness, singleness, straightforwardness

5

noun

Meaning 5

an earnest and sincere feeling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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