true
Other forms: truest; truer; truing; trued; trues
Things that are true are accurate, honest, and correct. There are many specific meanings, but when something is true, you can believe it.
This word has many meanings, but they're all pretty much the opposite of false. True statements can be proven or verified — they aren't lies. To sing true is to sing on-key, and a true throw is on-target. The true king is the real king, not a fake. A true friend can be trusted. A true believer really believes in something, like a religion. And when you're true to yourself, you're being honest about what you want and feel.
-
consistent with fact or reality; not false“the story is true”“"it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell”“the true meaning of the statement”
-
synonyms:
-
correct, right
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
-
faithful
steadfast in affection or allegiance
-
echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit
-
honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
-
sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
-
actual, genuine, literal, real
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
-
apodeictic, apodictic
(of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain
-
truthful
conforming to truth
-
sure
infallible or unfailing
-
antonyms:
-
false
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
-
incorrect, wrong
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
-
counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior
-
dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
-
insincere
lacking sincerity
-
mendacious
intentionally untrue
-
specious, spurious
plausible but false
-
trumped-up
concocted with intent to deceive
-
untrue
not according with the facts
- show more antonyms...
-
correct, right
-
expressing or given to expressing the truth“a true statement”
-
synonyms:
truthful
-
honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
-
honest
marked by truth
-
veracious
habitually speaking the truth
-
antonyms:
-
untruthful
not expressing or given to expressing the truth
-
dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
-
mendacious
given to lying
- show more antonyms...
-
honest, honorable
-
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
-
worthy of being depended on“he was true to his word”“I would be true for there are those who trust me”
-
synonyms:
dependable, honest, reliable
-
trustworthy, trusty
worthy of trust or belief
-
trustworthy, trusty
-
devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth“true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them”
-
synonyms:
-
faithful
steadfast in affection or allegiance
-
faithful
-
as acknowledged“true, she is the smartest in her class”
-
synonyms:
admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
-
conforming to definitive criteria“the horseshoe crab is not a true crab”“Pythagoras was the first true mathematician”
-
synonyms:
-
typical
exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
-
typical
-
rightly so called“true courage”“a spirit which true men have always admired”“a true friend”
-
synonyms:
-
real
no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
-
real
-
having a legally established claim
-
legitimate
of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
-
legitimate
-
determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles“true north is geographic north”
-
synonyms:
-
geographic, geographical
determined by geography
-
geographic, geographical
-
accurately placed or thrown“his aim was true”
-
synonyms:
dead on target
-
accurate
conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
-
accurate
-
accurately fitted; level
-
in tune; accurate in pitch
-
make level, square, balanced, or concentric
-
proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment“out of true”
-
type of:
-
alignment
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
-
alignment
/tru/
/tru/
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago
Vocabulary lists containing true
Learn these words from the historical fiction by Jane Yolen (Inside: Level B, Unit 5). Here are our links to the selections of "Close Encounters": Encounter, Culture Clash, Mexico City, When Cultures Meet, Old World New World; The Log of Christopher Columbus Here are our links to the units of Level B: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
Christine McVie was a prolific English songwriter and musician. Best known as vocalist and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, spanning four decades, McVie wrote or co-wrote several of Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits, including "Don't Stop," "Everywhere," and "Little Lies." Member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, McVie won numerous songwriting and music awards, as well as two Grammys. She also released three solo studio albums which included hits like "Got a Hold On Me" and "Love Will Show Us How." This tribute highlights her career through song lyrics and biographical articles.