loyal
Americanadjective
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faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state.
a loyal subject.
- Synonyms:
- patriotic
- Antonyms:
- treacherous, faithless, disloyal, treasonous, traitorous
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faithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations.
to be loyal to a vow.
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faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity.
a loyal friend.
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characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc..
loyal conduct.
adjective
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having or showing continuing allegiance
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faithful to one's country, government, etc
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of or expressing loyalty
Related Words
See faithful.
Other Word Forms
- loyally adverb
- loyalness noun
- nonloyal adjective
- nonloyally adverb
- overloyal adjective
- overloyally adverb
- quasi-loyal adjective
- quasi-loyally adverb
- superloyal adjective
- superloyally adverb
- unloyal adjective
- unloyally adverb
Etymology
Origin of loyal
First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French, Old French loial, lei(a)l, from Latin lēgālis legal
Example Sentences
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The rest may find that even loyal customers are becoming more selective about where—and how often—they spend on dining out.
From Barron's
Beyond the lowbrow perception of buying wine at a bulk retailer, wineries risk alienating loyal customers if their bottles sell for less than they offer them at the vineyards.
But the former prime minister retains a loyal base of supporters, who claim that he's a victim of unfair rulings and who have showed up at his trials calling for his release.
From BBC
Many are not exactly household names, but they’ve starred in dozens of Hallmark holiday movies over the years and have loyal fan bases.
From Los Angeles Times
Record signing Nick Woltemade scored both goals in an impressive first-half display to strengthen his bond with Newcastle's loyal and passionate supporters.
From Barron's
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