Link Centre Dictionary

truth

UK/tɹuːθ/ US/tɹuθ/ very common

noun

1.

a fact that has been verified

  • “at last he knew the truth”
  • “the truth is the he didn”
2.

conformity to reality or actuality

  • “they debated the truth of the proposition”
  • “the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat”
  • “he was famous for the truth of his portraits”
  • “he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities”
Synonyms
Antonyms
3.

a true statement

  • “he told the truth”
  • “he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn”
Synonyms
Antonyms
4.

the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value

  • “he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass”
  • “the lawyer questioned the truth of my account”
Synonyms
Antonyms
5.

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

Synonyms

Phrases

  • a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
  • ain't that the truth
  • bend the truth
  • economical with the truth
  • first truth
  • God honest truth
  • God's honest truth
  • God's truth

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.