Honest Abe
Candid rail-splitter's moniker
Honest Abe is a nickname for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth U.S. president, emphasizing his reputation for integrity.
The epithet originated during his years as a lawyer and shopkeeper in Illinois.
Used ironically, it can suggest someone is being notably truthful or, sarcastically, dishonest: Oh, Honest Abe over here forgot to mention he ate the last slice.
Executive order freeing Confederate slaves
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- Thirteenth AmendmentConstitutional ban on bondage
abolitionist · liberation · Underground Railroad · Frederick Douglass · contraband · Juneteenth · manumission · fugitive
Civil War era leader
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- SpringfieldCommon American placename
- log cabinDwelling of stacked timbers
- KentuckyBluegrass State
self-educated · lawyer · debates · Douglas · assassination · Ford's Theatre · John Wilkes Booth · Gettysburg Address
Moral soundness and consistency
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- trustworthyWorthy of confidence
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
principles · sincerity · honor · straightforward · candor · reputation · reliable · genuine
Informal designation for someone
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- sobriquetDescriptive informal name
- appellationName or title given
- folk heroCelebrated figure from tradition
American icon · beloved · reverence · mythologized · Great Emancipator · backwoodsman · humble origins · common man
Emancipation Proclamation
Executive order freeing Confederate slaves
Thirteenth Amendment · abolitionist · liberation · Underground Railroad · Frederick Douglass · contraband · Juneteenth · manumission · fugitive · equality
Abraham Lincoln
Civil War era leader
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- SpringfieldCommon American placename
- log cabinDwelling of stacked timbers
Kentucky · self-educated · lawyer · debates · Douglas · assassination · Ford's Theatre · John Wilkes Booth · Gettysburg Address · stovepipe hat
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- trustworthyWorthy of confidence
- characterNature, symbol, or role
virtue · principles · sincerity · honor · straightforward · candor · reputation · reliable · genuine · upright
moniker
Informal designation for someone
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- sobriquetDescriptive informal name
- appellationName or title given
folk hero · American icon · beloved · reverence · mythologized · Great Emancipator · backwoodsman · humble origins · common man · frontier
- Epithetsthe Great, the Wise, the Good, the Brave, the Lionheart
- nicknamesnickname, pet name, alias, handle, moniker
- Political SlangMAGA, Tricky Dick, Dubya, New Deal, Great Society
Honest AbeTricky Dick
Unflattering presidential nickname
Richard Nixon · crooked politician · liar · deceiver · con man
Honest AbePinocchio
Lying wooden puppet
the boy who cried wolf · Judas · Satan · Machiavelli · used car salesman
honest, honesty, honestly, dishonest, dishonesty, honing, dishonestly, hones, honest-to-goodness