truthful

English

Etymology

From truth +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

enPR: trōōth′fl, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːθfəl

Adjective

truthful (comparative more truthful, superlative most truthful)

Honest, and always telling the truth.
someone's truthful nature
Accurately depicting what is real.
He drew a truthful portrait of the prince.

Synonyms

veridical

Antonyms

untruthful

Derived terms

Translations

honest, and always telling the truth

Arabic: صَادِق (ar) m (ṣādiq)
Bulgarian: честен (bg) (česten), правдив (bg) (pravdiv)
Czech: pravdomluvný (cs)
Finnish: rehellinen (fi)
French: sincère (fr)
German: wahrheitsliebend
Ingrian: vernoi
Italian: sincero (it)
Latin: vērax, vēridicus
Polish: prawdomówny (pl)
Russian: правди́вый (ru) (pravdívyj)
Spanish: veraz (es)
Zazaki: sadıq

accurately depicting what is real

Armenian: ճշմարտացի (hy) (čšmartacʻi)
Bulgarian: верен (bg) (veren), точен (bg) (točen)
Czech: pravdivý (cs)
Finnish: totuudenmukainen (fi)
German: wahrheitsgemäß (de), wahrheitsgetreu (de)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 (sunjis)
Italian: realista (it)
Russian: правди́вый (ru) (pravdívyj)
Spanish: fiel (es), verídico (es) m, verífico m
Turkish: gerçekçi (tr)

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Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} matinod-anon
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} onest (ro), ^{(please verify)} corect (ro)