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Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate - the lies, distortions, cover-ups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.
Richard Ben-Veniste

Meaning of "honorable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HONORABLE

honorable  [ˈɒnərəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONORABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honorable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HONORABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONORABLE


admirable
ˈædmərəbəl
comparable
ˈkɒmpərəbəl
considerable
kənˈsɪdərəbəl
desirable
dɪˈzaɪərəbəl
dishonourable
dɪsˈɒnərəbəl
durable
ˈdjʊərəbəl
generable
ˈdʒɛnərəbəl
honourable
ˈɒnərəbəl
invulnerable
ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl
memorable
ˈmɛmərəbəl
miserable
ˈmɪzərəbəl
preferable
ˈprɛfərəbəl
recoverable
rɪˈkʌvərəbəl
regenerable
rɪˈdʒɛnərəbəl
remunerable
rɪˈmjuːnərəbəl
unvenerable
ʌnˈvɛnərəbəl
unvulnerable
ʌnˈvʌlnərəbəl
venerable
ˈvɛnərəbəl
vulnerable
ˈvʌlnərəbəl
wearable
ˈwɛərəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONORABLE

honor
honor guard
honor roll
honor society
honor system
honorability
honorableness
honorand
honoraria
honorarily
honorarium
honorary
Honorary Secretary
honorer
honorific
honorifical
honorifically
honoris causa
honorless
honors

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONORABLE

able
administrable
adorable
deliverable
deplorable
favourable
impenetrable
incomparable
incurable
innumerable
inseparable
intolerable
measurable
operable
parable
pleasurable
separable
the Honourable
tolerable
transferable
unbearable

Synonyms and antonyms of honorable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «honorable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONORABLE

Find out the translation of honorable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honorable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honorable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光荣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

honorable
570 millions of speakers

English

honorable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माननीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشرفاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почетный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

honrosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

honorability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

honorable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehormatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ehrbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

立派な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

존경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Honorability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

danh dự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

honorability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिष्ठा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

honorability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onorevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

honorowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

почесний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onorabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αξιότιμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ärade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hederlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honorable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONORABLE»

The term «honorable» is very widely used and occupies the 18.775 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONORABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honorable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honorable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honorable

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10 QUOTES WITH «HONORABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word honorable.
1
Judd Apatow
There's something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried?
2
Benigno Aquino III
I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
3
Emilie Autumn
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?
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Richard Ben-Veniste
Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate - the lies, distortions, cover-ups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.
5
Wendell Berry
The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.
6
Action Bronson
I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
7
James F. Byrnes
It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations.
8
James Carville
You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.
9
Eric Clapton
When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.
10
Thurston Clarke
In 1968, America was a wounded nation. The wounds were moral ones; the Vietnam War and three summers of inner-city riots had inflicted them on the national soul, challenging Americans' belief that they were a uniquely noble and honorable people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONORABLE»

Discover the use of honorable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honorable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA
The veteran intelligence agent and former CIA director recalls the events, developments, and people of his career, describes the CIA's organization, workings, and procedures, and profiles famous and hazy world figures.
William Egan Colby, Peter Forbath, 1978
2
Honorable Work: A Process for Achieving Success & ...
This book attempts to be a resource manual for all those actively involved in restoring authenticity and integrity to their work, while promoting positive and inter-personal relationships not just in the workplace, but in life in general.
Tim Anstett, 2000
3
Honorable enemies
Teaming up on a case involving a helicopter terrorist attack on a Hawaiian cruise ship, CIA agent Steve Wickham and FBI agent Susan Nakamura form an unlikely partnership in order to prevent a full-scale war
Joe Weber, 1995
4
Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late ...
Lufrano's study is the most sustained and sophisticated of recent reevaluations of Confucianism's role in the rapid commercial development in the late Ming to mid-Qing period.
Richard John Lufrano, 1997
5
Honorable Lives: Lawyers, Family, and Politics in Colombia, ...
This book will appeal to Latin Americanists, students of law, and anyone interested in the lives and histories of lawyers.
Victor M. Uribe-Uran, 2000
6
The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy
A sexy, bold adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that re-paints favorite characters in twenty-first century colors Judge Fitzwilliam Darcy, a legal expert on both sides of the Atlantic, is ready to hang up his black robe and ...
Sara Angelini, 2009
7
A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of the ...
A unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy's officer corps between its establishment and the end of the War of 1812.
Christopher McKee, 1991
8
Her Honorable Playboy
Resident Alyssa Ward is not pleased when she wins a date with emergency physician the Honorable Sebastian Radley.
Kate Hardy, 2007
9
Honorable Imposter, The (House of Winslow Book #1)
The volume that launched the blockbuster House of Winslow series. Gilbert Winslow, forced by his family into the pulpit of the Church of England, becomes a spy among religious separatists.
Gilbert Morris, 2004
10
The Honorable Peter Stirling
Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was an American novelist and biographer. He wrote lives of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others, edited the works of Thomas Jefferson, and wrote a number of novels, which had considerable success.
Paul Leicester Ford, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONORABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honorable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Honorable Mention: 10 more TV episodes to see before you die
Afterwards, we were still left with more than a dozen episodes of television we wished we could have included. It was tough to omit great ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
Softball All-Stars 2015: First team honorees, Coach of the Year …
Softball All-Stars 2015: First team honorees, Coach of the Year, honorable mentions. Softball All-Stars 2015: First team honorees, Coach of the ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
Honorable Danville alumni needed
DANVILLE — Nominees are being sought for the Robert N. Pursel Distinguished Service Award by board members of the American Red Cross ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
4
Jason Greenway named preseason All-America honorable mention
The senior running back earned All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honorable mention honors as a return specialist last season after ... «Daily Republic, Jul 15»
5
Purple Row Prospects List, Summer 2015: Intro and honorable …
First up, an intro to the list and the five Honorable Mention PuRPs. In this edition of the PuRPs poll, 37 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted ... «Purple Row, Jul 15»
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Honorable salute
Vietnam veteran Michael Scott of Basin salutes during the playing of “Taps” that concluded the fourth annual Run to the Wall ceremony on ... «Cody Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Boys Lacrosse All-Stars 2015: First team honorees, Coach of the …
See the 2015 cleveland.com Boys Lacrosse All-Stars, including honorable mentions and the Coach of the Year. By Robert Rozboril, Northeast ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
8
Senators Call For Revocation of Honorable Medal Awarded to Bill …
In 2002, President George W. Bush awarded Bill Cosby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Now, Sen. «Jezebel, Jul 15»
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Honorable mentions about local students
AUGUSTA, Maine — Samee Mushtak of Marshwood High School, South Berwick, recently served as an honorary page in the Maine Senate for ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
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The Oregonian/OregonLive wins honorable mentions in features …
The Oregonian/OregonLive won two honorable mentions in the recent Society for Features Journalism contest. Tom Hallman Jr. won in sports ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

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