truth

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
2. (uncountable, usually) Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
3. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
4. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Faithfulness, fidelity.
5. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A pledge of loyalty or faith.
6. (uncountable, usually) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
7. (uncountable, usually) That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
8. (countable, usually) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
9. (dated, uncountable, usually) Topness; the property of a truth quark.
10. (uncountable, usually) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
2. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
3. (intransitive, nonstandard) To tell the truth.

Synonyms

reality

fact

verity

veracity

true

sincerity

certainty

accuracy

honesty

trueness

genuineness

truthfulness

right

fidelity

true statement

the true

righteousness

actuality

justice

honor

reason

loyalty

faithfulness

true word

world order

Asha

light

sooth

correctness

correct

as it is

essence

truthful person

trust

trustworthiness

data

credibility

rightness

authenticity

frankly

rectitude

precision

situation

fealty

condition

favoritism

circumstances

faith

factual

measure

Translations

vérité

Wahrheit

verdad

verità

αλήθεια

verdade

waarheid

veritas

veritat

doğruluk

hakikat

vertat

gerçek

waarachtigheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹuːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trouthe

Inherited from Old English: trēowþ

Cognate with Norwegian: trygd

Cognate with Icelandic: tryggð

In summary

From Middle English trouthe, truthe, trewthe, treowthe, from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity, faith, fidelity, loyalty, honour, pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“promise, covenant, contract”), from Proto-Indo-European *drū- (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“firm, solid”), equivalent to true + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).