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honorable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑn.ɹəbl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɒn.ɹəbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏnʹərəbl (General-American)
  • ŏnʹrəbl (General-American)
  • ŏnʹrəbl (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/ (General-American)
  • ŏnʹərəbl (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Meanings

  1. (US) Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
  2. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
    • In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary. 1887, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 31, page 629:
  3. (US) Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
    • Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners. 1943, Korean Research Bulletin, volumes 1-2, page 20:
    • That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
  4. (US) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
    • Uncheered by friends, unhissed by foes, the honorable member blandly continued his speech […] 1872, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, The Unkind Word, and Other Stories, page 145:
  5. (US) A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls.

Forms

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Honorable alternative lexicographic
most honorable Degree=Sup lexicographic
honourable alternative lexicographic
honble alternative lexicographic
Honourable alternative lexicographic
more honorable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

mean · contemptible · despicable

Deriveds

Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles · unhonorable · do the honorable thing · amende honorable · honorably · right honorable · Honorable Colonel · honorableness · Hon. · Hon'ble · right honourable · honourably · honorable discharge · Honourable · honorable mention

Synonyms

estimable · allowable · respectable · honorable · venerable · reverable · reverend · creditable · valuable · commendable · praiseworthy · laudable · worthy · venerable · noble · Hon. · estimable · Hon'ble · glorious · admirable

Translations (69)

pl dostojny (worthy of respect) · la honōrābilis (worthy of respect) · nb ærverdig (worthy of respect) · ja 偉い (worthy of respect) · it onorabile (worthy of respect) · fi kunnioitettava (worthy of respect) · nl eervol (worthy of respect) · be шляхе́тны (worthy of respect) · gd onarach (worthy of respect) · ka პატივცემული (worthy of respect) · ja 立派な (worthy of respect) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (worthy of respect) · ru уважа́емый (worthy of respect) · ru благоро́дный (worthy of respect) · el εντιμότατος (worthy of respect) · hy պատվարժան (worthy of respect) · cs ctihodný (worthy of respect) · bg почте́н (worthy of respect) · de ehrbar (worthy of respect) · bg достопочте́н (worthy of respect) · sa प्रमुख (worthy of respect) · ru почётный (worthy of respect) · uk поче́сний (worthy of respect) · uk пошти́вий (worthy of respect) · pl czcigodny (worthy of respect) · grc τίμιος (worthy of respect) · fi kunnianarvoisa (worthy of respect) · uk шляхе́тний (worthy of respect) · tr saygıdeğer (worthy of respect) · sv ärevördig (worthy of respect) · te గౌరవనీయ (worthy of respect) · tl kagalang-galang (worthy of respect) · nb hederlig (worthy of respect) · mi whakahōnore (worthy of respect) · be пачэ́сны (worthy of respect) · kk мәртебелі (worthy of respect) · pt honorável (worthy of respect) · nl edelachtbaar (worthy of respect) · uk поважа́ний (worthy of respect) · ml ആദരണീയനായ (worthy of respect) · hu tiszteletreméltó (worthy of respect) · ja 素晴らしい (worthy of respect) · ml ബഹുമാനപ്പെട്ട (worthy of respect) · pl szanowny (worthy of respect) · be паважа́ны (worthy of respect) · ru почте́нный (worthy of respect) · eo honorinda (worthy of respect) · sv hedervärd (worthy of respect) · nb respektabel (worthy of respect) · el αξιότιμος (worthy of respect) · gl honorable (worthy of respect) · bg уважа́ем (worthy of respect) · cmn 可敬 (worthy of respect) · nl hoogedelgestreng (worthy of respect) · la honestus (worthy of respect) · oc onorable (worthy of respect) · ro onorabil (worthy of respect) · ca honorable (worthy of respect) · nl hooggeacht (worthy of respect) · be шано́ўны (worthy of respect) · fr honorable (worthy of respect) · es honorable (worthy of respect) · uk шано́вний (worthy of respect) · uk шано́ваний (worthy of respect) · uk благоро́дний (worthy of respect) · uz ulug’ (worthy of respect) · it onorevole (worthy of respect) · ang ārfæst (worthy of respect) · es honrable (worthy of respect)

honorable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑn.ɹəbl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɒn.ɹəbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏnʹərəbl (General-American)
  • ŏnʹrəbl (General-American)
  • ŏnʹrəbl (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/ (General-American)
  • ŏnʹərəbl (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Meanings

  1. (US) A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
    • These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […] 1959, American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 13, page 111:

Forms

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Honorable alternative lexicographic
honourable alternative lexicographic
honorables Number=Plur lexicographic
Honourable alternative lexicographic
honble alternative lexicographic