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loyal
[ loi-uhl ]
adjective
- faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
a loyal subject.
Synonyms: patriotic
Antonyms: treacherous, faithless, disloyal, treasonous, traitorous
- faithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations:
to be loyal to a vow.
- faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity:
a loyal friend.
- characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc.:
loyal conduct.
loyal
/ ˈlɔɪəl /
adjective
- having or showing continuing allegiance
- faithful to one's country, government, etc
- of or expressing loyalty
Derived Forms
- ˈloyally, adverb
- ˈloyalness, noun
Other Words From
- loyal·ly adverb
- loyal·ness noun
- non·loyal adjective
- non·loyal·ly adverb
- over·loyal adjective
- over·loyal·ly adverb
- quasi-loyal adjective
- quasi-loyal·ly adverb
- super·loyal adjective
- super·loyal·ly adverb
- un·loyal adjective
- un·loyal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of loyal1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Send garnered good reach, a loyal audience and real signs of value throughout its life.
Of course, the main goal at BoFu is to convert those leads you’ve captured earlier into loyal customers.
This way, you might be able to gain some business through the means of their loyal fanbase.
Influencers are able to do that because they have very loyal followings.
Amy Luca, chief executive at influencer marketing company TheAmplify, said Instagram will face a challenge in luring loyal TikTok fans away from the app.
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
“Edwin Morris Kocurek is a hard-working and loyal employee,” said his first evaluation, obtained through an open-records request.
Neither was there a return to the loyal but small ghetto of Charter 77.
Now the Kremlin will assign more loyal people to rule the region, mostly military leaders.
It is this very sensitive issue that has galvanized widespread resistance from previously loyal campesinos.
It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
During the summer of 1862 between forty and fifty thousand loyal State militia were organized.
Major Abbott and his brother officers, trying to keep their men loyal, stood fast and listened to the distant turmoil in the city.
I have dared to relate this to your Majesty because of my zeal as a loyal vassal, and as one who looks at things dispassionately.
The poor like the Queen personally, and like to gaze at royal pageantry; but they are not fanatically loyal.
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