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truth¹
- /tɹuːθ/ UK
- /tɹuθ/ US
Rhymes with -uːθ
Where it comes from
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”).
noun truths · trewth
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something. Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
- Faithfulness, fidelity. Alas! they had been friends in youth; / But whispering tongues can poison truth; […]
- A pledge of loyalty or faith.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc. Ploughs, […] to make them go true, […] depends much upon the truth of the ironwork.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality. The truth is what is.
- Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom. Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
- Topness; the property of a truth quark.
- In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth. When asked truth or dare, he picked truth.
Similar: truth, straight goods, veraciousness, veracity, veridicality, verity · Opposite: falsehood, falsity, lie, nonsense, drivel, untruth, half-truth, falseness
verb truths · truthing · truthed · trewth
- To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully. c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.
- To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. A concentrated region of the agricultural test area was intensively ground truthed, not only to identify the crop types, but equally important, also to begin to determine the parameters controlling the radar energy reflected from a crop type at a particular stage of growth.
- To tell the truth. You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
Truth²
Where it comes from
From the name of the platform, Truth Social.
noun Truths
- An entry posted on the Truth Social platform. The app's design looks like a clone of Twitter. Users can create a profile that shows who they're following. You're able to comment, share and like posts, which are called Truths.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: accuracy, verity, true statement, true, actually, indeed, veracity, truthfulness, factual, really, truthful, truly, real, authenticity, honestly, verily
noun
Similar: truth, straight goods, veraciousness, veracity, veridicality, verity · Opposite: falsehood, falsity, lie, nonsense, drivel, untruth, half-truth, falseness
Translations
Every language
noun true facts
| Español | verdad, fetén, neta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진실 jinsil |
| 日本語 | 真実 shinjitsu, 真相 shinsō, 実態 jittai, 事実 jijitsu, 本当 hontō |
| 中文 | 真理 zhēnlǐ, 事實 /事实 shìshí |
| हिन्दी | सच sac, सत्य satya |
| Kiswahili | ukweli |
| Português | verdade |
| Français | vérité |
| Deutsch | Wahrheit |
| Ελληνικά | αλήθεια alítheia |
| Română | adevăr |
| Русский | пра́вда právda, и́стина ístina |
| Tiếng Việt | sự thật, chân lí |
| العربية | حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa |
| עברית | אֱמֶת emét |
noun conformity to fact or reality
| Español | verdad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진리 jilli |
| 日本語 | 真実 shinjitsu, 事実 jijitsu, 本当 hontō, 真理 shinri |
| 中文 | 真理 zhēnlǐ |
| हिन्दी | सच sac, सत्य satya |
| Kiswahili | ukweli |
| Português | verdade |
| Français | vérité |
| Deutsch | Wahrheit |
| Italiano | verità |
| Ελληνικά | αλήθεια alítheia, ορθότητα orthótita |
| Română | adevăr, veridicitate |
| Русский | пра́вда právda, и́стина ístina |
| Tiếng Việt | chân lý |
| العربية | حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa |
| עברית | אֱמֶת emét |
noun state or quality of being true to someone or something
| Español | verdad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진실 jinsil |
| 日本語 | 誠 makoto |
| 中文 | 保真度 bǎozhēndù |
| हिन्दी | सच sac, सचाई sacāī |
| Kiswahili | ukweli |
| Português | verdade |
| Français | vérité |
| Deutsch | Wahrheit, Treue |
| Italiano | veritate, verità |
| Ελληνικά | αλήθεια alítheia |
| Română | adevăr ncorectitudine, sinceritate, bună credință, veridicitate |
| Русский | ве́рность vérnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tính trung thực |
| العربية | حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa |
| עברית | אמת emét |
noun pledge of loyalty or faith
| 日本語 | 忠誠心 chūseishin, 忠誠 chūsei, 忠義 chūgi |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | ukweli |
| Português | juramento |
| Русский | ве́рность vérnostʹ, пре́данность prédannostʹ |
noun that which is real
| Español | verdad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 真理 shinri |
| 中文 | 真理 zhēnlǐ |
| हिन्दी | सत्य satya |
| Kiswahili | ukweli |
| Português | verdade, verdades, realidade |
| Français | vérité |
| Deutsch | Wahrheit |
| Italiano | verità |
| Ελληνικά | αλήθεια alítheia, πραγματικότητα pragmatikótita |
| Română | adevăr, veridicitate |
| Русский | реа́льность reálʹnostʹ, действи́тельность dejstvítelʹnostʹ |
| العربية | حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa |
| עברית | אמת emét |
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title = {truth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/truth},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
