true

Adjective

• accurately fitted; level
  • the window frame isn't quite true
    

• in tune; accurate in pitch
  • a true note
    

• having a legally established claim
  • the legitimate heir
    
  • the true and lawful king
    

• determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
  • true north is geographic north
    

• rightly so called
  • true courage
    
  • a spirit which true men have always admired
    
  • a true friend
    

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  • genuine emotion
    
  • her interest in people was unfeigned
    
  • true grief
    

• worthy of being depended on
  • a dependable worker
    
  • an honest working stiff
    
  • a reliable sourcSFLe of information
    
  • he was true to his word
    
  • I would be true for there are those who trust me
    

• conforming to definitive criteria
  • the horseshoe crab is not a true crab
    
  • Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
    

• expressing or given to expressing the truth
  • a true statement
    
  • gave truthful testimony
    
  • a truthful person
    

• devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
  • true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
    

• accurately placed or thrown
  • his aim was true
    
  • he was dead on target
    

• consistent with fact or reality; not false
  • the story is true
    
  • it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true- B. Russell
    
  • the true meaning of the statement
    

Adverb

• as acknowledged
  • true, she is the smartest in her class
    

Noun

• proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
  • out of true
    

Verb

• make level, square, balanced, or concentric
  • true up the cylinder of an engine
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  straight , on-key , true(a) , lawful , rightful(a) , genuine , unfeigned , dependable , honest , reliable , true(p) , truthful , dead on target , admittedly , avowedly , confessedly , true up
• Antonyms: 
  untruthful , false