| Main Entry: | naked truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basic truth |
Synonyms: |
honest truth, plain truth, straight truth, unqualified truth |
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verifiable truth; reality |
Synonyms: |
actuality, appearance, authenticity, basis, bottom line, brass tacks, case, certainty, certitude, concrete happening, dope*, evidence, experience, genuineness, gospel, gospel truth, how it is, intelligence, law, like it is, matter*, naked truth, palpability, permanence, scene, scripture, solidity, stability, substantiality, verity, what's what |
Antonyms: |
fabrication, lie |
| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reality, validity |
Synonyms: |
accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel truth, gospel, honest truth, infallibility, inside track, legitimacy, maxim, naked truth, nitty-gritty, perfection, picture, plain talk, precision, principle, rectitude, rightness, scoop, score, trueness, truism, truthfulness, unvarnished truth, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, whole story |
Antonyms: |
falsehood, invention, untruth |
| Main Entry: | gospel truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute truth |
Synonyms: |
Bible truth, chapter and verse, gospel, hard truth, lowdown, naked truth, plain truth, real McCoy, skinny, straight truth, unalloyed truth |
| Main Entry: | home truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general truth |
Synonyms: |
a priori truth, basic truth, honest truth, indisputable truth, intrinsic truth, naked truth, obvious truth, plain truth, self-evident truth, simple truth, straight truth, truism, unadorned truth, universal truth, unvarnished truth |
| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
particular, sound, accurate, actual, apodictic, as good as one's word, authentic, bona fide, candid, categorically true, certain, constant, correct, curious, definite, delicate, exact, faithful, fine, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, in its true colors, ingenuous, just, legitimate, literal, mathematical, natural, nice, official, open, open, ostensible, outspoken, precise, punctual, pure, real, realistic, religiously exact, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, simple, solid, sterling, straightforward, strict, substantial, substantially true, tangible, true, true, true as gospel, true to the letter, trustworthy, truthful, unadulterated, unaffected, uncolored, unconfuted, undisguised, undissembling, undistorted, unerring, unexaggerated, unfeigned, unflattering, unideal, unimagined, unimpeachable, unperjured, unrefuted, unreserved, unromantic, unsophisticated, unvarnished, valid, veracious, veridical, veritable, well, well
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