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| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reality, validity |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, actuality, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactness, fact, facts, gospel*, gospel truth*, infallibility, inside track*, maxim, naked truth*, nitty-gritty*, perfection, picture, precision, principle, rectitude, scoop, score, truism, truthfulness, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, authenticity, exactitude, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, honest truth, legitimacy, plain talk, rightness, trueness, unvarnished truth, whole story |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, invention, untruth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honesty, loyalty |
| Synonyms: | candor, constancy, dedication, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, integrity, realism, revelation, sincerity, uprightness, verity, authenticity, dutifulness, openness, veridicality |
| Antonyms: | dishonesty, disloyalty, falsehood, lie, misrepresentation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
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, particular, precise, punctual, pure, real, realistic, religiously exact, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, simple, solid, sound, sterling, straightforward, strict, substantial, substantially true, tangible, true, true as gospel, true to the letter, true, 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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| Main Entry: | actuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that truly exists, is real |
| Synonyms: | achievement, attainment, brass tacks*, fact, real world*, reality, substance, truth, actualization, materiality, materialization, straight stuff, substantiality, what it is |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
| Antonyms: | absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | exactness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy, precision |
| Synonyms: | correctness, faithfulness, nicety, regularity, rigor, truth, veracity, carefulness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, faultlessness, orderliness, painstakingness, preciseness, promptitude, rigorousness, scrupulousness, strictness, unequivocalness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, inaccuracy, irregularity, imprecision, inexactness |
| Main Entry: | exposé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, confession, construction, exegesis, explanation, exposition, exposure, interpretation, revelation, truth, divulgence, explication, exposal, uncovering |
| Antonyms: | secret, silence |
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
| Synonyms: | candor, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, due, duty, equity, fair shake*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, moderation, propriety, right, righteousness, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity, charitableness, disinterestedness, equitableness, exactitude, fair-mindedness, give and take, justness, legitimacy, open-mindedness, rationality, reasonableness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | inequity, injustice, partiality, wrong, unfairness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faithfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion |
| Synonyms: | adherence, adhesion, allegiance, ardor, attachment, care, constancy, duty, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, piety, truth, dependability, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | dishonesty, disloyalty, treachery, falseness, inconstancy |
| Main Entry: | gospel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fact, doctrine |
| Synonyms: | actuality, authority, belief, certainty, credo, creed, dogma, faith, last word, testament, truism, truth, veracity, verity, scripture |
| Antonyms: | hypothesis, theory |
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, integrity, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, sincerity, submission, support, tie, troth, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal, devotedness, incorruptibility, inviolability, scrupulousness, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, unfaithfulness, undependability |
| Main Entry: | philosophy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principles, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | aesthetics, attitude, axiom, conception, doctrine, idea, ideology, logic, outlook, reason, reasoning, system, tenet, theory, thinking, thought, truth, values, view, viewpoint, wisdom, beliefs, convictions, metaphysics, ontology, rationalism |
| Main Entry: | reality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts of existence |
| Synonyms: | absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world*, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what |
| Antonyms: | belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sincerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | straightforwardness, honesty |
| Synonyms: | artlessness, candor, earnestness, frankness, good faith, goodwill, heart, honor, impartiality, innocence, justice, probity, reliability, seriousness, truth, truthfulness, veracity, bona fides, genuineness, guilelessness, openness, sincereness, singleness, trustworthiness, wholeheartedness |
| Antonyms: | dishonesty, insincerity, untrustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | universal truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obvious truth |
| Synonyms: | axiom, home truth, postulate, truism, truth, general truth, intrinsic truth, self-evident truth |
| Main Entry: | realism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authenticity |
| Synonyms: | reality, truth, verisimilitude, verity, naturalness, verism |
| Main Entry: | true colors |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's real self |
| Synonyms: | cards on the table, heart on one's sleeve, personality, truth |
| Main Entry: | correctness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy |
| Synonyms: | exactness, fidelity, precision, regularity, truth, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, faultlessness, preciseness |
| Antonyms: | fault, flaw, imperfection, inaccuracy, incorrectness, wrong, impreciseness, inexactness |
| Main Entry: | deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin', performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt, thing*, tour de force, truth, winning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust in something |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness, certitude, credulity, dependence, sureness |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion |
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