Meanings
plural sincerities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being sincere.
I protest, in the sincerity of love.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]1 more example
If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better
c. 1779-1790, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and LiterarySynonyms: honesty, sincereness · Antonyms: insincerity, insincereness
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounthe quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
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Origin
- Latinsincēritās
- Medieval Latinsincēritās
- Old Frenchsincerité
- Middle Englishsinceritie
- Englishsincerity
From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀφελότης
- ἀφελότης (aphelótēs)quality of being sincere
Arabic إِخْلَاص
- إِخْلَاص (ʔiḵlāṣ)quality of being sincere
Bulgarian и́скреност
- и́скреност (ískrenost)quality of being sincere
Catalan sinceritat
- sinceritatquality of being sincere
Chinese Mandarin 真誠 /真诚, 真心
- 真誠 /真诚 (zhēnchéng)quality of being sincere
- 真心 (zhēnxīn)quality of being sincere
- 誠實 /诚实 (chéngshí)quality of being sincere
- 真摯 /真挚 (zhēnzhì)quality of being sincere
- 誠意 /诚意 (chéngyì)quality of being sincere
Czech upřímnost
- upřímnostquality of being sincere
Danish oprigtighed
- oprigtighedquality of being sincere
Dutch oprechtheid
- oprechtheidquality of being sincere
Esperanto sincereco
- sincerecoquality of being sincere
Finnish rehellisyys, vilpittömyys
- rehellisyysquality of being sincere
- vilpittömyysquality of being sincere
- avoimuusquality of being sincere
French sincérité
- sincéritéquality of being sincere
German Aufrichtigkeit, Ehrlichkeit
- Aufrichtigkeitquality of being sincere
- Ehrlichkeitquality of being sincere
Greek ειλικρίνεια
- ειλικρίνεια (eilikríneia)quality of being sincere
Hungarian egyenesség, őszinteség
- egyenességquality of being sincere
- őszinteségquality of being sincere
Italian sincerità
- sinceritàquality of being sincere
Japanese 誠実, 誠意
- 誠実 (seijitsu)quality of being sincere
- 誠意 (seii)quality of being sincere
Korean 성실, 성의
- 성실 (seongsil)quality of being sincere
- 성의 (seong'ui)quality of being sincere
Latin sincēritās
- sincēritāsquality of being sincere
Norwegian Bokmål oppriktighet
- oppriktighetquality of being sincere
Polish szczerość
- szczerośćquality of being sincere
Portuguese sinceridade
- sinceridadequality of being sincere
Romanian sinceritate
- sinceritatequality of being sincere
Russian и́скренность, открове́нность
- и́скренность (ískrennostʹ)quality of being sincere
- открове́нность (otkrovénnostʹ)quality of being sincere
- че́стность (čéstnostʹ)quality of being sincere
Slovak úprimnosť
- úprimnosťquality of being sincere
Spanish sinceridad
- sinceridadquality of being sincere
Swedish uppriktighet
- uppriktighetquality of being sincere
Thai ความจริงใจ
- ความจริงใจquality of being sincere
Turkish samimiyet
- samimiyetquality of being sincere
Ukrainian щи́рість, відве́ртість
- щи́рість (ščýristʹ)quality of being sincere
- відве́ртість (vidvértistʹ)quality of being sincere
Vietnamese sự chân thành
- sự chân thànhquality of being sincere
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sincerity
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sincerity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sincerity
“sincerity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sincerity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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