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Detailed Synonyms for true in English

true:

true adj

  1. true
    – accurately placed or thrown 1
    true; dead on target
    – accurately placed or thrown 1
  2. true
    – accurately fitted; level 1
    straight; true
    – accurately fitted; level 1
  3. true
    – devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth 1
    true
    – devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth 1
    • true adj
      • true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them1
  4. true
    – in tune; accurate in pitch 1
    true; on-key
    – in tune; accurate in pitch 1
  5. true
    – expressing or given to expressing the truth 1
    true; truthful
    – expressing or given to expressing the truth 1
    • true adj
      • a true statement1
    • truthful adj
      • gave truthful testimony1
      • a truthful person1
  6. true
    – having a legally established claim 1
    true; lawful; rightful
    – having a legally established claim 1
  7. true
    – determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles 1
    true
    – determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles 1
    • true adj
      • true north is geographic north1
  8. true
    – rightly so called 1
    true
    – rightly so called 1
    • true adj
      • true courage1
      • a spirit which true men have always admired1
      • a true friend1
  9. true
    – not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed 1
    genuine; true; unfeigned
    – not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed 1
    • genuine adj
      • genuine emotion1
    • true adj
      • true grief1
    • unfeigned adj
      • her interest in people was unfeigned1
  10. true
    – consistent with fact or reality; not false 1
    true
    – consistent with fact or reality; not false 1
    • true adj
      • the story is true1
      • it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true1
      • the true meaning of the statement1
  11. true
    – worthy of being depended on 1
    reliable; true; honest; dependable
    – worthy of being depended on 1
    • reliable adj
      • a reliable sourcSFLe of information1
    • true adj
      • he was true to his word1
      • I would be true for there are those who trust me1
    • honest adj
      • an honest working stiff1
    • dependable adj
      • a dependable worker1
  12. true
    – conforming to definitive criteria 1
    true
    – conforming to definitive criteria 1
    • true adj
      • the horseshoe crab is not a true crab1
      • Pythagoras was the first true mathematician1

true adv

  1. true
    – as acknowledged 1
    true; confessedly; admittedly; avowedly
    – as acknowledged 1

true [the ~] noun

  1. the true
    – proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment 1
    the true
    – proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment 1
    • true [the ~] noun
      • out of true1

true verb

  1. true
    – make level, square, balanced, or concentric 1
    true; true up
    – make level, square, balanced, or concentric 1
    • true verb
    • true up verb
      • true up the cylinder of an engine1

Related Words for "true":

  • truer, truest

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Related Definitions for "true":

  1. accurately placed or thrown1
    • his aim was true1
  2. accurately fitted; level1
    • the window frame isn't quite true1
  3. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth1
    • true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them1
  4. in tune; accurate in pitch1
    • a true note1
  5. expressing or given to expressing the truth1
    • a true statement1
  6. having a legally established claim1
    • the true and lawful king1
  7. determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles1
    • true north is geographic north1
  8. rightly so called1
    • true courage1
    • a spirit which true men have always admired1
    • a true friend1
  9. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed1
    • true grief1
  10. consistent with fact or reality; not false1
    • the story is true1
    • it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true1
    • the true meaning of the statement1
  11. worthy of being depended on1
    • he was true to his word1
    • I would be true for there are those who trust me1
  12. conforming to definitive criteria1
    • the horseshoe crab is not a true crab1
    • Pythagoras was the first true mathematician1
  13. as acknowledged1
    • true, she is the smartest in her class1
  14. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment1
    • out of true1
  15. make level, square, balanced, or concentric1

Related Synonyms for true