honest truth

Synonyms

gospel legitimacy sooth matter-of-fact truism

Antonyms

whopper pretext exaggeration bullshit red herring cock-and-bull story
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Examples

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. Walter Isaacson

Being alone makes us stronger. That's the honest truth. But it's cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore. Roberto Bolaño

The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth. William Hazlitt

Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth. James D'arcy

Words in the phrase

honest truth

Close letter words and terms

honest to gods honest to goodness honest treatment honest way of life honest way of living honest witness