truthful

[trooth-fuhl]

adjective

1. telling the truth, especially habitually.

   a truthful person.

   Synonyms: frank, candid, trustworthy, honest

2. conforming to truth.

   a truthful statement.

3. corresponding with reality.

   a truthful portrait.

truthful

/ ˈtruːθfʊl /

adjective

1. telling or expressing the truth; honest or candid

2. realistic

   a truthful portrayal of the king

Other Word Forms

• truthfully adverb
• truthfulness noun
• overtruthful adjective
• overtruthfully adverb
• overtruthfulness noun
• quasi-truthful adjective
• quasi-truthfully adverb
• semitruthful adjective
• semitruthfully adverb
• semitruthfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of truthful¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; truth + -ful

Example Sentences

“Has this person been truthful their entire life? And does that mean they’re telling the truth now?”

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"What we're quite good at is, when it's friends and partners, we know their truthful behaviour," he says.

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“Political language makes lies sound truthful and murder acceptable,” Orwell warned.

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His promise to bring down healthcare costs—with savings of $2,500 a year for every American family and $200 billion for the federal government—was no more truthful.

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But it is so firmly grounded in truthful and complicated detail drawn from Mr. Dunne’s actual experience that it makes its powerful moral argument without any need for grandstanding or preaching.

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Related Words

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• candid 
• correct 
• factual 
• forthright 
• precise 
• realistic 
• reliable 
• sincere 
• straightforward 
• true 
• trustworthy