honest-to-goodnessadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌɒn.ɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/us/ˌɑː.nɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/real or true:
The book is an honest-to-goodness account of her early life.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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