sincere
1. [ adjective ] open and genuine; not deceitful
Examples:

"he was a good man, decent and sincere" "felt sincere regret that they were leaving" "sincere friendship"

Related terms: insincere honest genuine heart-whole bona_fide cordial dear true real honest genuine ingenuous sincerity
2. [ adjective ] characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
Synonyms: earnest in_earnest solemn
Examples:

"both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate" "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant" "a film with a solemn social message"

Related terms: serious
Similar spelling:   sincerely
  sincerity
  sinker
  singer
  Simser