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RELATED WORD :

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Adjective, Adverb
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a=bove=board

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective aboveboard has 1 sense

Adverbial aboveboard has 1 sense

  • aboveboard(r = adv.all) honestly - in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"

CIDE DICTIONARY

aboveboardadv. 
     Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]
    " This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

aboveboard

artless, authentic, before one, bona fide, face to face, fair and square, forthright, foursquare, genuine, good-faith, in broad daylight, in open court, in plain sight, in plain view, in public, in public view, in the marketplace, in the open, ingenuous, on the level, on the square, on the table, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, openly, overtly, plain dealing, publicly, scrupulous, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting, unsophisticated, up-and-up, veritable

ROGET THESAURUS

aboveboard

Artlessness

N artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible, artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, Arcadian, undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard, simple-minded, single-minded, frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken, blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical, unflattering, in plain words, in plain English, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter, Davus sum non Oedipus, liberavi animam meam, as frank as rain on cherry blossoms.

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