truth
noun
1. a fact that has been verified
- at last he knew the truth
- the truth is that he didn't want to do it
Definition categories: thought, fact
2. conformity to reality or actuality
- they debated the truth of the proposition
- the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- he was famous for the truth of his portraits
Similar word(s): trueness, verity
Definition categories: state, actuality
3. a true statement
- he told the truth
- he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
Definition categories: communication, statement
4. the quality of being near to the true value
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
Similar word(s): accuracy
Definition categories: attribute, quality
5. United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
Definition categories: person
Sentences with truth as a noun:
- Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
- The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
- There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
- The truth is what is.
- Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
- Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
verb
1. (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare, to speak truthfully.
- Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. — Ford.1966, You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin' — Nancy Sinatra, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"