Usually means: Honest and open in dealings.
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  1. aboveboard: Merriam-Webster
  2. aboveboard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aboveboard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. aboveboard: Vocabulary.com
  5. aboveboard: Wordnik
  6. aboveboard: Wiktionary
  7. aboveboard: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. aboveboard: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. aboveboard: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Aboveboard, aboveboard: Dictionary.com
  11. aboveboard: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Aboveboard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Aboveboard: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. aboveboard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. aboveboard: Rhymezone
  16. Aboveboard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. aboveboard: FreeDictionary.org
  18. aboveboard: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. aboveboard: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. aboveboard: Merriam-Webster

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  1. aboveboard: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of above-board [In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.]

Similar:
straight, straightforward, honestly, artlessly, accouterment, aftermost, behindhand, larboard, accordant, abounding, more...

Opposite:
underhanded, dishonest, deceitful, unscrupulous, shady

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain-spoken, straightforward, truthful, more...

Colors:
    white,     light blue,     sky blue,     turquoise,     aqua, more...

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Similar:
straight, straightforward, honestly, artlessly, accouterment, aftermost, behindhand, larboard, accordant, abounding, more...

Opposite:
underhanded, dishonest, deceitful, unscrupulous, shady

Types:
candid, frank, forthright, honest, open, plain-spoken, straightforward, truthful, more...

Colors:
    white,     light blue,     sky blue,     turquoise,     aqua, more...



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