Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Without deceit or trickery; straightforward.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In open sight; without tricks or disguise: as, an honest man deals aboveboard; his actions are open and aboveboard.
Wiktionary
- adj. Alternative form of above-board.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. without concealment or deception; honest.
- adv. in an honest manner
Examples
“Of course all of this "aboveboard" balderdash is accompanied by a right wing screed circulating on the internet.”
“A Morgan Stanley employee advises telling the company to stay "aboveboard" and follow the letter of the contract.”
“All fair an' aboveboard 'should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman.”
“` All fair an 'aboveboard' should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman.”
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
“And for those dealers who are honest and aboveboard, which is the vast majority of them, this is not going to be a big problem, "said Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh.”
“aboveboard" campaign, now subtly and craftily playing the "race card" (because he has so few cards to play; to be fair, former President Bill Clinton played the same game, too), that thing continues to bubble just under the surface.”
“But the industry has resisted efforts by Fannie and Freddie to obtain documents that would show whether the investments were aboveboard.”
“Muslim American groups have always condemned terrorism aboveboard.”
The Huffington Post: Kashif N. Chaudhry: How Muslims Honor 9/11
“Then why not ride open and aboveboard with me in the hills?" he urged.”
“I've always been straight and aboveboard with you.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aboveboard’.
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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boards
dashboard, buckboard, aboveboard, across-the-board, backboard, cupboard, overboard, washboard, sideboard, storyboard, keyboard, room and board and 79 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1834 more...
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magoosh1
aberration, aboveboard, abysmal, ace, affable, aghast, alacrity, ambiguous, ambivalent, ameliorate, amenable, amiable and 215 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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G...R...E
gross.
sybarite, restiveness, churl, nepotism, jingoism, pusillanimous, gaffe, incisive, enervate, bucolic, concomitant, abeyance and 158 more...
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Need to Know!
elicit, educe, refute, cogency, churlish, martinet, veritable, polyglot, dissemble, histrionics, prevarication, verbiage and 166 more...
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GRE
Taisha GRE Bible
archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
Words from the new GRE : This list consists mostly of words from the book Magoosh-GRE-vocab-ebook, which is one of the best vocab materials available, especially if you have started preparing one ...
alacrity, prosaic, veracity, paucity, contrite, trite, maintain, laconic, pugnacious, disparate, egregious, innocuous and 533 more...
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Magooosh
impugn, repudiate, sardonic, barnstorm, bemoan, unseemly, cornerstone, noisome, malodorous, retroactively, spuriously, spasmodically and 217 more...
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List for Test Day
heresy, reversion, predilection, pedagogy, disparate, virtuous, refurbish, efficaciously, provenance, heckler, amorphous, epitome and 236 more...
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list1
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, ablution and 106 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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supplementary
for enhancement of any English test
consanguineous, worldly, naiveté, enshroud, pernicious, prerogative, traitor, fledgling, vengeance, provision, furnish, quarrel and 94 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir 1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "Would advise you not to accept". Jan 19, 2013