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tbh

tbh is the initialism of to be honest.

Meaning of to be honest

Phrase

to be honest

  1. (idiomatic, sentence adverb) Frankly, honestly.
    • I don't mind, to be honest.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, be, honest.
    • I tried to be honest but still no one believed me.

Phrase capitalized: TBH

TBH

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of to be honest.
    • TBH (To be honest), I skip a lot of it too. But did read it for a while.1991 June 17, Bill Biesty, “Re: Stop silliness about justification for vegetarianism”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet), retrieved 04 Jul 2016, message-ID <1991Jun17.211640.29488@ide.com>
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of to be hired.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, obsolete, slang) Initialism of to be had (“sexually available”).

Words formed from tbh

Phrases with tbh

Questions about tbh

What is tbh the initialism of?
Tbh is the initialism of to be honest.
What part of speech is tbh?
Tbh is a phrase.

Words near tbh in the dictionary

  1. TBDR
  2. TBDs
  3. TBE
  4. tbf
  5. TBG
  6. tbh
  7. TBH creature
  8. TBH creatures
  9. TBHQ
  10. TBI
  11. tbilat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tbh (page history and authors); TBH (page history and authors); to be honest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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