'Sincere' definitions:
Definition of 'sincere'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" [ant: insincere]
adjective
Definition of 'Sincere'
From: GCIDE
- Sincere \Sin*cere"\, a. [Compar. Sincerer; superl. Sincerest.] [L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli (see Single), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sinc[`e]re.]
- 1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. [1913 Webster]
- There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- A joy which never was sincere till now. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The inviolable body stood sincere. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness. [1913 Webster]
- A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions. --Law. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person. [1913 Webster]
- The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account. --Waterland. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected; inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sincere'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- aboveboard,
- actual,
- afire,
- ardent,
- artless,
- authentic,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bona fide,
- born yesterday,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- broad,
- brusque,
- burning,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- childlike,
- committed,
- confiding,
- dear,
- decided,
- decisive,
- dedicated,
- definite,
- determined,
- devoted,
- devout,
- dinkum,
- direct,
- downright,
- earnest,
- explicit,
- faithful,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- following the letter,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- genuine,
- good,
- guileless,
- heart-to-heart,
- heartfelt,
- hearty,
- heated,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- impassioned,
- in earnest,
- inartificial,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- loyal,
- meant,
- naive,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- obstinate,
- on fire,
- on the level,
- open,
- openhearted,
- original,
- outspoken,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- pure,
- purposeful,
- real,
- realistic,
- red-hot,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- rightful,
- round,
- serious,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- spirited,
- sterling,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- sure-enough,
- tenacious,
- transparent,
- true,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- truthful,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- unchecked,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- unconstrained,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undesigning,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undissembled,
- undissembling,
- undistorted,
- unequivocal,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unguarded,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious,
- unqualified,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unsophisticated,
- unspecious,
- unsuspicious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- unwary,
- vehement,
- veracious,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- warm,
- white-hot,
- wholehearted,
- word-for-word,
- zealous