honcho | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer |
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hone | (noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors | - |
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(noun) a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. | - |
(verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: perfect |
(verb) sharpen with a hone | - |
honest | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honorable |
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(adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: fair |
(adjective) not forged | Synonyms: good |
(adjective) without dissimulation; frank | - |
(adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, reliable, true |
(adjective) without pretensions | - |
honestly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, frankly |
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(adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: aboveboard |
honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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(noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
honey | (adjective) of something having the color of honey | - |
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(noun) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees | - |
(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
(verb) sweeten with honey | - |
honeybee | (noun) social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | Synonyms: Apis mellifera |
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honeybells | (noun) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | Synonyms: Hermannia verticillata, honey bell, Mahernia verticillata |
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honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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(noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
(verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
(verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
(verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
honeycombed | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, cavitied, faveolate, pitted |
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honeycreeper | (noun) small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar | - |
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(noun) small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands | Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper |
honeydew | (noun) a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. | - |
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(noun) the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh | Synonyms: honeydew melon |
honeyed | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet |
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(adjective) with honey added | Synonyms: honied, syrupy |
honeyflower | (noun) Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously | Synonyms: honey-flower, Protea mellifera |
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(noun) erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar | Synonyms: honey-flower, Lambertia formosa, mountain devil |
honeylike | (adjective) resembling honey | - |
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honeymoon | (noun) a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
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(noun) the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political | - |
(verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
honeymooner | (noun) someone recently married | Synonyms: newlywed |
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honeypot | (noun) South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes | Synonyms: king protea, Protea cynaroides |
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honeysucker | (noun) Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar | Synonyms: honey eater |
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honeysuckle | (noun) shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera | - |
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(noun) columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers | Synonyms: Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house |
(noun) shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers | Synonyms: Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia |
honied | (adjective) with honey added | Synonyms: honeyed, syrupy |
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honk | (noun) the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
(verb) cry like a goose | Synonyms: cronk |
(verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: claxon |
(verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, claxon, toot |
honker | (noun) common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call | Synonyms: Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose |
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(noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
(noun) a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound | - |
honkey | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkie, honky, whitey |
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honkie | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honky, whitey |
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honky | (noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man | Synonyms: honkey, honkie, whitey |
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honkytonk | (noun) a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall | Synonyms: dive |
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honor | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honour |
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(noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honour, pureness, purity |
(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honour, laurels |
(noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honour, laurels |
(verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honour |
(verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honour, reward |
(verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honour, observe, respect |
honorable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honourable |
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(adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honest |
(adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, respectable |
(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honourable |
honorableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honourableness |
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honorably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honourably |
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(adverb) in an honorable manner | Synonyms: uprightly |
honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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honorary | (adjective) given as an honor without the normal duties | - |
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honored | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honoured, prestigious |
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honoree | (noun) a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments | - |
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honorific | (adjective) conferring or showing honor or respect | - |
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(noun) an expression of respect | - |
honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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honour | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honor |
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(noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, pureness, purity |
(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, laurels |
(noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honor, laurels |
(verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honor |
(verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, reward |
(verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, observe, respect |
honourable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honorable |
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(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honorable |
honourableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honorableness |
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honourably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honorably |
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honoured | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honored, prestigious |
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honouring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, observance |
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honours | (noun) a university degree with honors | Synonyms: honours degree |
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