Earnest

/ˈɝ.nɪst/

Synonyms for "earnest" (270 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Adjective(5 words)

heartfelt sincere businesslike committed dear

abandoned acquitment acquittal acquittance advertent afire agog alertall earsall eyesamortization amortizement ardent assiduous attention attentive austere awareawe inspiringawe-inspiring

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bail binder bond boundbound and determinedburning busy careful cashcash paymentclearance committed concentrated conscientious consciousdebt servicedecided decisive decorous dedicated deep definite defrayal defrayment demure deposit

Adjective(1 words)

affectionate

Noun(2 words)

be honestbe serious

Strong matches (81)

Adjective(16 words)

deposit devout diligentdiligent persondown paymentgenuinegenuine apologygenuine articlegenuine eventgenuine goldgenuine interestgenuine smilegood faith moneygraveheartfelt momentheartfelt scene

determined devoted devout diligent disbursal dischargedoling outdown paymenteagerearnest moneyearnestness emphatic enterprising enthusiasm enthusiastic escrow faithful fatal fateful fervent

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fervid fiery finical finicking finicky firm flaming formal formidable frowning gage grave grim grim-faced grim-visaged guarantee handsel hard-working hearty heated heavy heedfulhire purchasehire purchase planhock hostage hothot bloodedhot-blooded impassioned imposingin earnestindustrious installmentinstallment planinstant intense intentintent onintentive intentness interestinterest payment

Noun(1 words)

devotional

Adjective(1 words)

honest

Related words (135)

johnny on the spotkeen liquidationlong facedlong-faced loyal mainprise meticulous mindfulmonthly paymentsnever-never nice niggling no-nonsense observant observing obstinateon fireon the ballon the job

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open eyedopen-eared open-eyed openmouthed painful passionate pawn payingpaying offpaying outpaying uppaymentpayment in kindpayoff perfervid perseverant persevering persistent pignus pledge poignantpoker facedportentous prepayment pressing promise purposefulquarterly paymentsquittance real recognizancered hotred-hot regardfulregular paymentsrelentless remittance replevin replevy resolute resolved retirement satisfaction security sedate sedulous serious seriousness settlement sinceresingle mindedsingle-mindedsinking-fund paymentsober sober-minded sobersided solemn solicitous somber spiritedspot cashstaid steadystone facedstone-facedstraight facedstraight-faced strenuous strong surety tenacious thoughtful tokentoken paymenttruthful undertaking unsmiling urgent vadimonium vadium vehement voracious warm warmth warrant watchfulweekly paymentsweightywhite hotwhite-hot wholehearted zeal zealous

Noun(5 words)

more genuineserious descriptorsobersidessolemn pledgesolemn tone

Adjective(16 words)

pledgereal mouseseriousserious consequencesserious issueserious matterserious personsincere personsincere smilesincere sympathysincerer sincerest sobering solemnsolemn vowunfeigned

Verb(1 words)

solemnized

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

attitude consideration demeanor individualmoral attributepayment person quality security surety

More specific

12 entries

dedicated researcherdevoted workerdiligencedown paymentgenuineness gravitassecurity depositserious studentseriousness sincerity sobriety solemnity

Collocations

12 entries

contract depositdown paymentearnest appealearnest attemptearnest discussionearnest effortearnest inquiryearnest moneyearnest requestgood faith moneypledge moneysecurity deposit

Inflections

3 entries

earnestsmore earnestmost earnest

Derivations

2 entries

earnestly earnestness

similar

3 entries

purposeful serious sincere

Translations

40 translations across 22 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

جَادّ adj (important, serious)
جَدِّي adj (important, serious)

Belarusian

1 entries

сур'ёзны adj (important, serious)

Bulgarian

1 entries

сериозен adj (important, serious)

Catalan

1 entries

seriós adj (important, serious)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

嚴重 /严重 adj (important, serious)
沉重 adj (important, serious)
認真 /认真 adj (important, serious)

Czech

2 entries

seriózní adj (important, serious)
vážný adj (important, serious)

French

2 entries

grave adj (important, serious)
sérieux adj (important, serious)

Galician

4 entries

rexo adj (important, serious)
sesgo adj (important, serious)
séreo adj (important, serious)
teixo adj (important, serious)

German

3 entries

aufrichtig adj (important, serious)
ernst adj (important, serious)
ernsthaft adj (important, serious)

Hungarian

2 entries

komoly adj (important, serious)
súlyos adj (important, serious)

Irish

1 entries

dáiríre adj (important, serious)

Italian

2 entries

grave adj (important, serious)
serio adj (important, serious)

Japanese

3 entries

本気 adj (important, serious)
真剣 adj (important, serious)
真面目 adj (important, serious)

Latin

1 entries

sērius adj (important, serious)

Portuguese

2 entries

sincero adj (important, serious)
sério adj (important, serious)

Romanian

1 entries

serios adj (important, serious)

Russian

2 entries

серьёзный adj (important, serious)
убедительный adj (important, serious)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

vážan adj (important, serious)
znȁčājan adj (important, serious)
ȍzbīljan adj (important, serious)

Spanish

1 entries

serio adj (important, serious)

Turkish

1 entries

ciddi adj (important, serious)

Ukrainian

1 entries

серйозний adj (important, serious)

Welsh

1 entries

taer adj (important, serious)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Are you in jest or in earnest?

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The rain came down in earnest.

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The rain is coming down in earnest.

Source: tatoeba (26691)

It began raining in earnest.

Source: tatoeba (26811)

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