truthful
/'tru:θful/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Conforming to fact or reality; accurate: Describes statements, accounts, or information that are in accordance with what is true.
- Habitually telling the truth; honest: Describes a person who is inclined to be sincere and not to lie or deceive.
Examples of Usage
Describing a statement or account: The witness gave a truthful account of the accident.We need a truthful answer to proceed.
Describing a person's character: She is known to be a truthful and trustworthy friend.It is important to raise truthful children.
Advanced Usage
- "To be truthful (with you)": Used as a phrase to introduce a candid statement or confession.
Variants and Related Words
- Truthfully (adverb): In a truthful manner.
- Truthfulness (noun): The quality of being truthful.
Synonyms
- Honest: Marked by truthfulness and sincerity.
- Veracious: Habitually speaking the truth (more formal).
- Candid: Openly straightforward and direct.
- Frank: Direct and unreserved in expression.
Antonyms
- Dishonest: Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy or deceitful way.
- Deceitful: Guilty of or involving deceit; intended to mislead.
- Mendacious: Not telling the truth; lying.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- The truthful witness: A common phrase emphasizing the reliability of an honest account.
- A truthful portrait: Used literally for an accurate painting or figuratively for an accurate description.
Adjective
- conforming to truth
- I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so
- a truthful statement
- expressing or given to expressing the truth
- a true statement
- gave truthful testimony
- a truthful person