to tell you the truth

phrase

Synonym of to be honest.

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Meanings

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  1. Synonym of to be honest.

    “I think Kellyanne is doing a phenomenal job. I don’t know Steve Bannon, to tell you the truth, very well.”

    2016 August 28, Tom McCarthy, quoting Reince Priebus, “Reince Priebus on Trump campaign hires: ‘I go with the flow’”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: to be honest

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseSynonym of to be honest.

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to be honest
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to tell the truth
Cite this entry
APA

to tell you the truth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20tell%20you%20the%20truth

MLA

“to tell you the truth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20tell%20you%20the%20truth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to tell you the truth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20tell%20you%20the%20truth.

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