faithful
Americanadjective
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true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
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steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant.
faithful friends.
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reliable, trusted, or believed.
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strict or thorough in the performance of duty.
a faithful worker.
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adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an original; accurate.
a faithful account;
a faithful copy.
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Obsolete. full of faith; believing.
noun
adjective
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having faith; remaining true, constant, or loyal
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maintaining sexual loyalty to one's lover or spouse
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consistently reliable
a faithful worker
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reliable or truthful
a faithful source
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accurate in detail
a faithful translation
noun
Related Words
Faithful, constant, loyal imply qualities of stability, dependability, and devotion. Faithful implies long-continued and steadfast fidelity to whatever one is bound to by a pledge, duty, or obligation: a faithful friend. Constant suggests firmness and steadfastness in attachment: a constant affection. Loyal implies unswerving allegiance to a person, organization, cause, or idea: loyal to one's associates, one's country.
Other Word Forms
- faithfully adverb
- faithfulness noun
- overfaithful adjective
- pseudofaithful adjective
- quasi-faithful adjective
Etymology
Origin of faithful
Example Sentences
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Arne Slot and his players have had similar treatment at times this season, albeit from a much smaller number of the Liverpool faithful.
From BBC
“He understood that labels are inevitable, but standards are what matter. What defines journalism is not what critics call it, but whether it remains faithful to those principles.”
From Salon
"What Tierney wanted to do was an incredibly faithful adaptation of this novel, wildly faithful - faithful to a degree I don't think anybody ever imagined," he says.
From BBC
That means there’s something to be pondered in the widespread impulse among the “Ted Lasso” faithful to replay the entire season right after they’ve seen it for the first time.
From Salon
Guthrie describes her mother as “kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving.”
From Los Angeles Times
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