sincere

1. Open and genuine;
   Not deceitful (synset 302186899)
   "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
   also:

   • echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit
   • honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
   • artless, ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
   • existent, real - being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
   • true - consistent with fact or reality; not false
   tells us about: sincerity - the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
   similar to:

   • bona fide - undertaken in good faith
   • cordial - sincerely or intensely felt
   • dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt - sincerely earnest
   • honest - without dissimulation; frank
   • genuine, true, unfeigned - not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
   • heart-whole, whole-souled, wholehearted - with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
2. Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions (synset 302126120)
   "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
   similar to: serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
   same as: earnest, solemn

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