faithful
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faithful
- /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/
Where it comes from
From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.
adjective more faithful · most faithful · faithfull
- Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause. My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
- Having faith. The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.
- Reliable; worthy of trust. My servant is very faithful.
- Consistent with reality. I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
- Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner. They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.
- Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
- Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.
noun faithfuls · faithfull
- The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause. The faithful pray five times a day.
- Someone or something that is faithful or reliable. Earlier this year, as the recession put a damper on ticket sales, Maxwell said the easy route would have been to go for the tried-and-true old faithfuls.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: loyal, trustworthy, trusty, reliable, dependable, authentic, true, accurate, truehearted, fast, congregation, firm, constant, close, fold, true to
Translations
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adj loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
| Español | fiel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 충실하다 chungsilhada |
| 日本語 | 忠実な chūjitsu na |
| 中文 | 忠實 /忠实 zhōngshí |
| हिन्दी | निष्ठावान niṣṭhāvān, वफ़ादार vafādār |
| Português | fiel, leal |
| Français | fidèle, loyal |
| Deutsch | treu, loyal, anhänglich, treu ergeben, zuverlässig, getreu |
| Italiano | fedele, ligio |
| Ελληνικά | πιστός pistós |
| Română | fidel, loial |
| Русский | ве́рный vérnyj, пре́данный prédannyj |
| Tiếng Việt | chung thủy |
| العربية | وَفِيّ wafiyy, مُخْلِص muḵliṣ |
| עברית | נֶאֱמָן ne'emán |
adj having faith
| Español | fiel |
|---|---|
| Português | fiel, crente |
| Français | fidèle |
| Deutsch | treu, gläubig, glaubenstreu |
| Italiano | fedele |
| Русский | ве́рующий vérujuščij |
adj reliable; worthy of trust
| Kiswahili | -aminifu |
|---|---|
| Português | fiel, leal, confiável |
| Français | fidèle |
| Deutsch | treu, zuverlässig, ergeben, vertrauensvoll, vertrauenswürdig |
| Italiano | affidabile |
| Русский | надёжный nadjóžnyj, заслу́живающий дове́рия zaslúživajuščij dovérija |
| العربية | أَمِين ʔamīn |
adj consistent with reality
| Português | fiel, verossímil |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | genau, übereinstimmend, gewissenhaft, getreu, werktreu, sinngetreu |
| Русский | ве́рный vérnyj, то́чный tóčnyj |
Talk about this word "faithful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/faithful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. faithful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/faithful "faithful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/faithful.Cite this
@misc{faithful_2026,
title = {faithful},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faithful},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
