Meanings
adjectiveaboveboard (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of above-board.
Facebook, for its part, maintains that the data-collection activity its Research app undertook was aboveboard and not at all duplicitous.
2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivewithout concealment or deception; honest
adverbin an honest manner
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APA
aboveboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboveboard
MLA
“aboveboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboveboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aboveboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboveboard.
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