Synonyms of good faith

good faith

noun

as in sincerity

absence of any intent or attempt to be dishonest in dealing with other people

The two parties demonstrated good faith in negotiating the deal.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sincerity
• integrity
• reliability
• frankness
• credibility
• honesty
• artlessness
• guilelessness
• plainspokenness
• ingenuousness
• forthrightness
• truthfulness
• straightforwardness
• candidness
• candor
• righteousness
• trustiness
• verity
• reliableness
• scrupulousness
• scrupulosity
• veracity
• dependability
• incorruptibility
• probity
• uprightness
• honorableness
• accuracy
• rectitude
• truth
• right-mindedness
• trustworthiness
• honor
• objectivity
• authenticity
• trustability
• genuineness
• correctness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bad faith
• lying
• dishonesty
• deceit
• deception
• untruthfulness
• hypocrisy
• dupery
• mendacity
• duplicity
• deceitfulness
• insincerity
• falsity
• dissimulation
• crookedness
• cunning
• fakery
• falseness
• smoothness
• dissembling
• artifice
• double-dealing
• trickery
• mendaciousness
• treacherousness
• perfidy
• cozenage
• unscrupulousness
• indirection
• guile
• slyness
• insidiousness
• furtiveness
• slipperiness
• fraudulentness
• craftiness
• underhandedness
• oiliness
• slickness
• cunningness
• wiliness
• beguilement
• prevarication
• exaggeration
• two-facedness
• equivocation
• inaccuracy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of good faith

Twitter was fined $350,000 for failing to show good faith and timely compliance, in a case the Supreme Court declined to review. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025

Color us doubtful of that explanation, which would be a little more believable if either Trump or Alito had given us much reason to take them at their word or assume good faith. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025

Carter's emphasis was decency, determination and mutual good faith. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

Moreover, the qualified immunity that prosecutors have for purposes of not enabling lawsuits aimed at redressing good faith prosecutions, applies to prosecutors, not investigators—and the FBI is an investigatory agency. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024