Truthful

  • 1Truthful — Truth ful, a. Full of truth; veracious; reliable. {Truth ful*ly}, adv. {Truth ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2truthful — index accurate, actual, candid, credible, direct (forthright), honest, ingenuous, literal …

    Law dictionary

  • 3truthful — 1590s, from TRUTH (Cf. truth) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Truthfully; truthfulness …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4truthful — [adj] accurate, honest believable, candid, correct, exact, factual, faithful, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous, just, kosher*, legit*, like it is*, literal, on the level*, on the up and up*, open, outspoken, plainspoken, precise, real,… …

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  • 5truthful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) telling or expressing the truth; honest. 2) (of a representation) true to life. DERIVATIVES truthfully adverb truthfulness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6truthful — [tro͞oth′fəl] adj. 1. telling the truth; presenting the facts; veracious; honest 2. corresponding with fact or reality, as in artistic representation truthfully adv. truthfulness n …

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  • 7truthful — truth|ful [ truθfəl ] adjective 1. ) a truthful person says what is true, and does not lie: truthful about: He was not entirely truthful about what happened that night. a ) a truthful statement only contains things that are true: a truthful… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8truthful — UK [ˈtruːθf(ə)l] / US [ˈtruθf(ə)l] adjective 1) a) a truthful person says what is true and does not lie truthful about: He was not entirely truthful about what happened that night. b) a truthful statement only contains things that are true a… …

    English dictionary

  • 9truthful — truth|ful [ˈtru:θfəl] adj 1.) someone who is truthful does not usually tell lies = ↑honest ▪ a truthful child ▪ You and I must be truthful with each other. 2.) a truthful statement gives the true facts about something = ↑honest ▪ I have only one… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10truthful — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ sound ADVERB ▪ very ▪ absolutely, completely ▪ …

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