truth
truth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. Zech. viii.
- 2.I long to know the truth here of at large. Shak. The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. Coleridge.
- 3.A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. 2 Cor. vii.
- 4.4. Righteousness; true religion. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John i.
- 5.Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John xvii.
- 6.In truth, in reality; in fact. -- Of a truth, in reality; certainly. -- To do truth, to practice what God commands. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. John iii.
- 7.To assert as true; to declare. [R.] Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adage
- admitted
- and
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- article
- assumption
- axiom
- axiomatic
- belief
- believer
- body
- byword
- canonist
- catholic
- collective
- common
- commonplace
- community
- conclusion
- confession
- creed
- declaration
- denomination
- denominational
- dictum
- divine
- divinity
- doctrine
- evangelical
- fact
- faith
- faithful
- first
- formula
- gnomic
- golden
- hagiography
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is truth.
- What is that which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. Zech. viii called?
- What is i long to know the truth here of at large. Shak. The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. Coleridge called?
- What is 4. Righteousness; true religion. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John i called?
- What is sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John xvii called?
- What is in truth, in reality; in fact. -- Of a truth, in reality; certainly. -- To do truth, to practice what God commands. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. John iii called?
- What is to assert as true; to declare. [R.] Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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