Truthful
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truthful — index accurate, actual, candid, credible, direct (forthright), honest, ingenuous, literal … Law dictionary
truthful — 1590s, from TRUTH (Cf. truth) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Truthfully; truthfulness … Etymology dictionary
truthful — [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,… … New thesaurus
truthful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) telling or expressing the truth; honest. 2) (of a representation) true to life. DERIVATIVES truthfully adverb truthfulness noun … English terms dictionary
truthful — [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 … English World dictionary
truthful — 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
truthful — 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
truthful — 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
truthful — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ sound ADVERB ▪ very ▪ absolutely, completely ▪ … Collocations dictionary
truthful — [[t]tru͟ːθfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If a person or their comments are truthful, they are honest and do not tell any lies. Most religions teach you to be truthful... We ve all learnt to be fairly truthful about our personal lives... She could not give… … English dictionary
