English Explanatory Dictionary

truth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
  2. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
  3. The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
  4. Faithfulness, fidelity.
  5. A pledge of loyalty or faith.
  6. Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
  7. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
  8. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
  9. Topness; the property of a truth quark.
  10. In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
verb
  1. To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
  2. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
  3. To tell the truth.
noun
  1. An entry posted on the Truth Social platform.

Pronunciation

tro͞oth /tɹuːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-truth.wav /tɹuθ/ En-us-truth.ogg

Word forms

truth truths trewth truthing truthed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō Old English trēowþ Middle English trouthe English truth Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

Synonyms

truth straight goods veraciousness veracity veridicality verity

Antonyms

falsehood falsity lie nonsense drivel untruth half-truth falseness

Related words

true untrue post-truth

Derived words

ain't that the truth a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on antitruth bend the truth biotruth countertruth economical with the truth first truth God honest truth God's honest truth God's truth gospel truth grain of truth ground truth half-truth hard truth home truth if truth be told in truth in wine, there is truth it's the truth, Ruth kernel of truth live one's truth mistruth moment of truth naked truth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation nontruth nugget of truth of a truth plain truth post-truth race of truth ring of truth semitruth sneeze on the truth speak truth to power Spirit of Truth stretch the truth supertruth talk truth to power tell the truth tell-truth tell you the truth there's a grain of truth in every joke the truth is in the wine to tell the truth to tell you the truth trickle truth troof truthaphobia truthbearer truth be told truth bomb truth book truth commission truth drug truthen truther trutherism
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