What does above-board mean?
Above-board means In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..
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/əˈbʌvˌbɔɹd/ · adjective
In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..
fair and aboveboard
Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?
Over the weekend, Android owners were displeased to discover that Facebook had been scraping their text-message and phone-call metadata, in some cases for years, an operation hidden in the fine print of a user agreement clause until Ars Technica reported. Facebook was quick to defend the practice as entirely aboveboard—small comfort to those who are beginning to realize that, because Facebook is a free service, they and their data are by necessity the products.
Use above-board when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Above-board means In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..
Common synonyms include straightforward, transparent.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
fair and aboveboard
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