honest-to-goodness English

Meaning honest-to-goodness meaning

What does honest-to-goodness mean?

honest-to-goodness

— adjective (= honest-to-god, old, sure-enough) (used informally especially for emphasis) a real honest-to-god live cowboy had us a high old time went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel

Synonyms honest-to-goodness synonyms

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honest-to-goodness English » English

honest-to-god

bona fide

true

sure-enough

real

old

genuine

virtual

veritable

veridical

undoctored

true to type

true to life

tangible

substantive

substantial

straight dinkum

right

real stuff

pucka

proper

live

literal

legitimate

leal

kosher

honest

good

for real

fair dinkum

effective

echt

earthy

dinky-die

dinkum

correct

big

authentic

actual