honest – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of honest

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to honest
Participle: honested
Gerund: honesting

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ihonest
youhonest
he;she;ithonests
wehonest
youhonest
theyhonest

Perfect

Ihave honested
youhave honested
he;she;ithas honested
wehave honested
youhave honested
theyhave honested

Past

Ihonested
youhonested
he;she;ithonested
wehonested
youhonested
theyhonested

Pluperfect

Ihad honested
youhad honested
he;she;ithad honested
wehad honested
youhad honested
theyhad honested

Future

Iwill honest
youwill honest
he;she;itwill honest
wewill honest
youwill honest
theywill honest

Future Perfect

Iwill have honested
youwill have honested
he;she;itwill have honested
wewill have honested
youwill have honested
theywill have honested

Subjunctive

Present

Ihonest
youhonest
he;she;ithonest
wehonest
youhonest
theyhonest

Perfect

Ihave honested
youhave honested
he;she;ithave honested
wehave honested
youhave honested
theyhave honested

Imperfect

Ihonested
youhonested
he;she;ithonested
wehonested
youhonested
theyhonested

Pluperfect

Ihad honested
youhad honested
he;she;ithad honested
wehad honested
youhad honested
theyhad honested

Conditional

Present

Iwould honest
youwould honest
he;she;itwould honest
wewould honest
youwould honest
theywould honest

Perfect

Iwould have honested
youwould have honested
he;she;itwould have honested
wewould have honested
youwould have honested
theywould have honested

Imperative

youhonest
weLet's honest
youhonest

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam honesting
youare honesting
he;she;itis honesting
weare honesting
youare honesting
theyare honesting

Perfect

Ihave been honesting
youhave been honesting
he;she;ithas been honesting
wehave been honesting
youhave been honesting
theyhave been honesting

Past

Iwas honesting
youwere honesting
he;she;itwas honesting
wewere honesting
youwere honesting
theywere honesting

Pluperfect

Ihad been honesting
youhad been honesting
he;she;ithad been honesting
wehad been honesting
youhad been honesting
theyhad been honesting

Future

Iwill be honesting
youwill be honesting
he;she;itwill be honesting
wewill be honesting
youwill be honesting
theywill be honesting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been honesting
youwill have been honesting
he;she;itwill have been honesting
wewill have been honesting
youwill have been honesting
theywill have been honesting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be honesting
youwould be honesting
he;she;itwould be honesting
wewould be honesting
youwould be honesting
theywould be honesting

Perfect

Iwould have been honesting
youwould have been honesting
he;she;itwould have been honesting
wewould have been honesting
youwould have been honesting
theywould have been honesting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'honest'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'honest'

monest, congest, contest, cotest, forest, hoast, hoist, hone, honey, host,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”). See: French 'honester'.

Sample Sentences

  • You have very much honested my lodging with your presence. [1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]