truthful

[ trooth-fuhl ]

/ ˈtruθ fəl /

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adjective

telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.

conforming to truth: a truthful statement.

corresponding with reality: a truthful portrait.

Nearby words

truth, sojourner, truth-condition, truth-function, truth-value, truth-value gap, truthful, truthiness, try, try line, try on, try one's hand

Origin of truthful

First recorded in 1590–1600; truth + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR truthful

1 honest, trustworthy; candid, frank.

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Related forms

truth·ful·ly, adverbtruth·ful·ness, nouno·ver·truth·ful, adjectiveo·ver·truth·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·truth·ful·ness, nounqua·si-truth·ful, adjectivequa·si-truth·ful·ly, adverbsem·i·truth·ful, adjectivesem·i·truth·ful·ly, adverbsem·i·truth·ful·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for truthful

It depends who is going to be involved and how truthful it is.
Gangster in Paradise: Benicio Del Toro Is Pablo Escobar|Alex Suskind|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, I would take them rather than wear them because I wanted to be truthful to my own body.
Frances McDormand on 'Olive Kitteridge,' Dropping LSD, and Her Beef With FX's 'Fargo'|Marlow Stern|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Who shapes what the public comes to see as truth, and how truthful is that truth?
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice|Jason Berry|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For our storytelling to be truthful we need to address this fact, not turn away from it.
Complaining Like It’s 1999: ‘Fight Club,’ ‘American Beauty,’ and the Revolt of the Cubicle Drone|Arthur Chu|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Everything is out of your control, and you can only be truthful about how you feel.
Shailene Woodley on ‘The Fault in Our Stars,’ That Nasty 'Time' Piece, and the F-Word|Marlow Stern|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Could any truthful man write this and then mean that less than a hundredth part of the earth's surface was covered.
The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science|William Denton
He could not comprehend how his simple, truthful, unostentatious story could awaken such unkind feelings, such baseless slanders.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
Do you deny that I have presented a truthful picture of the present position of your party?
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 74, December, 1863|Various
Having failings ourselves, we are encouraged by the full and truthful story of John's life, to overcome our own sins.
A Life of St. John for the Young|George Ludington Weed
Purple one has learned to associate with distance; or, since some painter has shown us the truthful trick.
The Spell of Scotland|Keith Clark

British Dictionary definitions for truthful

truthful

/ (ˈtruːθfʊl) /

adjective

telling or expressing the truth; honest or candid

realistica truthful portrayal of the king

Derived Forms

truthfully, adverbtruthfulness, noun

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