Honorable is an English word with synonyms like honourable or honest. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Honorable meaning
- Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
- Worthy of respect; respectable.
- Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
Synonyms of Honorable
Using Honorable
- The main meaning on this page is: Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity. | Worthy of respect; respectable. | Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
- Useful related words include: honourable, honest, moral, reputable.
- In the example corpus, honorable often appears in combinations such as: honorable mention, the honorable, an honorable.
Context around Honorable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Honorable
- In this selection, "honorable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, earned, plus, named, mention, aspects and men stand out and add context to how "honorable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accuse the honorable for the, address the honorable dr clifford and honorable mention. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "honorable" sits close to words such as atm, believers and butcher, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with honorable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Exceptional in combat, Danse is also honorable and generally kind-hearted. (11 words)
Floyd proudly served in the United States Army before receiving an Honorable Discharge. (13 words)
He’s a realist and admires those who do what’s right and is honorable. (15 words)
During his keynote address, the Honorable Dr. Clifford L. Stanley a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General, empathized that he lived through the same evils and hypocrisy going on in the segregated south that King stood against. (38 words)
However, the mercenary-hero is genuinely honorable and once abandoned Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts (and lucrative paychecks) while taking Odin's mythical spear with him in order to keep it out of Osborn's nefarious hands. (36 words)
By his 2019 campaign he was the team’s undisputed leader and looked the part: A team captain, Thompson showed his talents as a dual-threat QB and was named honorable All-Big 12 mention. (35 words)
Do these honorable men and women really have the people’s best interest at heart, or they only know how to buy votes? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Both tackle earned honorable mention all-conference recognition as freshmen last year (though since the Big Ten releases a first, second, third team, plus honorable mention, the bar might be kind of low).
All of that said, defending civilization is an honorable and necessary cause that deserves the support of every American.
At the same time, Tosen embarks on a journey of redemption right before his death, highlighting the honorable aspects of his otherwise problematic personality.
By his 2019 campaign he was the team’s undisputed leader and looked the part: A team captain, Thompson showed his talents as a dual-threat QB and was named honorable All-Big 12 mention.
Charli Frankenfeld was named to the Patriot League All Conference First Team with Halle Conover named to Second Team and Ali Lambrecht getting Honorable Mention.
Don't forget the "Honorable Mention" about Pearl Harbor while you're at it, and why it all happened.
Do these honorable men and women really have the people’s best interest at heart, or they only know how to buy votes?
During his keynote address, the Honorable Dr. Clifford L. Stanley a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General, empathized that he lived through the same evils and hypocrisy going on in the segregated south that King stood against.
Either way, the mother attacked first.) It's Bo-Katan's contribution to the fight that is especially honorable.
Exceptional in combat, Danse is also honorable and generally kind-hearted.
Floyd proudly served in the United States Army before receiving an Honorable Discharge.
Free press means a fourth authority that aims to expose corruption to fight the corrupt, and not accuse the honorable for the sake of threatening and intimidation.
Guts meets and defeats a few Apostles, while simultaneously trying to take care of the honorable and disciplined Casca.
He said he’s looking forward to playing in a two-big lineup alongside Aday Mara, a 7-foot-3 240-pound center from Spain who received a preseason all-conference honorable mention selection.
He’s a realist and admires those who do what’s right and is honorable.
His refusal to blindly obey Admiral Pressman and his eventual confession to Picard all fit the honorable Commander Riker we've come to know.
Honorable Mention went to Wyatt Dade and Ian Hafey, with First Team distinctions for Evan Beaver and Hudson Jones.
However, it's also possible that after abandoning the Dark Knight, Bruce has slipped into genuine instability, fighting 'crime' in a far less honorable and organized way than was his first choice.
However, the mercenary-hero is genuinely honorable and once abandoned Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts (and lucrative paychecks) while taking Odin's mythical spear with him in order to keep it out of Osborn's nefarious hands.
I’m going with Willow/Konami vs. Mercedes/Kai for best match, ahead of Magenta’ts tag match for second, with Billie-Risa for third, with the main event as honorable mention.
Phrases with honorable
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with honorable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: