Usually means: Sincere and intense in purpose.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!) Easter eggs (New!)
We found 17 dictionaries that define the word ernest:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ernest, ernest: Wordnik
  2. Ernest, ernest: Wiktionary
  3. Ernest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. Ernest: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Ernest, ernest: Dictionary.com
  6. Ernest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Ernest (disambiguation), Ernest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Ernest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. ernest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Ernest: Rhymezone
  11. Ernest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. Ernest: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. ernest: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Ernest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ernest: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ernest: Urban Dictionary

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (Ernest)

▸ noun:  A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  Obsolete form of earnest. [Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.]

Similar:
earnest, Ernestine, Ernesto, ERNIE, Earnie, Everette, eric, Herbert, Algernon, Errett, more...

Opposite:
frivolous, insincere, careless, flippant, unserious

Types:
Hemingway, Poe, Fitzgerald, London, Twain, more...

Phrases:
Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Jones, Ernest Bevin, Ernest Renan, Ernest Rutherford, more...

Adjectives:
dear, little, poor, younger, older, best, own, earnest, louis, fitz, late

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     olive green,     sepia,     charcoal,     burgundy, more...


▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to ernest

▸ Usage examples for ernest

▸ Idioms related to ernest

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing ernest

▸ Words that often appear near ernest

▸ Rhymes of ernest

▸ Invented words related to ernest

Similar:
earnest, Ernestine, Ernesto, ERNIE, Earnie, Everette, eric, Herbert, Algernon, Errett, more...

Opposite:
frivolous, insincere, careless, flippant, unserious

Types:
Hemingway, Poe, Fitzgerald, London, Twain, more...

Phrases:
Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Jones, Ernest Bevin, Ernest Renan, Ernest Rutherford, Ernest Nagel, Ernest Newman, Ernest Dowson, Ernest Bloch, Ernest Shackleton, Ernest Tubb, Ernest Lawrence, ernest augustus, more...

Adjectives:
dear, little, poor, younger, older, best, own, earnest, louis, fitz, late

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     olive green,     sepia,     charcoal,     burgundy, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "ernest" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux