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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of good faith

The complaint seeks an undetermined amount of monetary damages for six claims, including fraud, defamation, and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

We will be liberated from our reliance on something as fragile as the cultivation of good faith. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

New York, like most states in the US (except Louisiana) holds that even a good faith purchaser cannot acquire a valid title from a thief. —Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024

Hand-waving away these changes with claims that there is no such thing as canon strikes me as careless and deceptive at best, the sort of defense someone makes not from a place of good faith, but from a place of personal gain. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024