true
993
1.0
- adjective
- /tru/
:
verdadero
- The least you can do can bring true change.
- true self
- true identity
- true nature
I'm, I'm a step closer to being my true self today.
- I'm, I'm a step closer to being my true self today.
- That is part of being your truest authentic self, correct?
- So, so live the true life, not some fake.
- And I know that true love is not unkind.
- My true name is you, vowed, and my true shape is this shape.
- How does personality relate to who the true you is?
- I love that it makes it a true Co production, I think.
- It is our great honor to have a true hero in our midst.
- This is actually the very first true machinist tool I ever got.
- So it's very much like a true plus size brand.
- Either you're his true love or you killed him.
- So can we have true love and total honesty?
Examples
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When you're set in your ways, you stay true to yourself.
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Divine guidance requires true faith.
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So the same thing can be true of pleasure, right?
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And I think this is true of all countries.
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As long as you are true to yourself, your father will always be proud of you.
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At this stage, they have formed a group, but not yet a true community.
Academic text (2008) -
Where there is true love, forgiveness is already there.
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Businesses frequently miss the true benefits of an integrated strategy for effective corporate engagement.
Academic text (2008) -
It is our great honor to have a true hero in our midst.
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To be a good friend, you must be true and honest with each other.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying
680
3.0
Exactly correct in every detail
505
1.0
Always supporting a person or group, especially in hard times
358
2.7
Able to be trusted to do what is expected
239
2.5
Being honest and showing what you really feel
218
3.8
Something that is real and trustworthy, not a fake
156
3.2
Truly felt and not fake, for example a smile or apology
88
2.1
A person or thing you can depend on to be honest
82
4.1
Having a legal or moral claim to something
47
2.3
A person or thing you can trust to do what they promise
24
3.2
Exactly like the original work or source
13
3.0
Always reliable and useful in many situations
7
6.8
Very loyal and always supporting a person, group, or cause
6
7.7
Real and not fake
1
8.1
Clearly real and not fake to show you really mean it
Loyal and steady in support for a person or cause
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
1
9.9
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Specialized
1
8.1
An insect with a thin mouth that pierces and sucks fluids, like a water strider
- Specialized
1
6.8
A climbing plant from the tropics that makes small round spice seeds used in cooking
- Specialized
1
5.6
A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make the voice
- Specialized
An angle you measure along the path around a planet or star from the closest point
- Specialized
A major group of bacteria with firm cell walls, including common kinds that cause disease
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree of the Cedrus group that grows on high mountains like the Himalayas or Mediterranean
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree with needle leaves and upright cones often used as a Christmas tree
- Archaic
A young woman in the 1920s with short hair, bold makeup, and lively, daring style
- Specialized
A smooth-bodied animal that lives in water and on land with long back legs and webbed feet
A small evergreen tree from the Mediterranean with glossy fragrant leaves used to flavor food and for wreaths
Good qualities like honesty, courage, and respect that show a man treats others well
- Specialized
A small South American monkey with soft fur that often has twins and is not a tamarin
- Australian
A tree that grows on other plants in Indonesia and Malaysia with yellow, fragrant wood that repels insects
- Specialized
A sea mammal without visible ears, with fur and back flippers for swimming
- Specialized
A shrub with yellow flowers whose dried leaves help people with constipation
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
Light, easy to work wood from the tulip tree used for furniture and veneers
- Specialized
A bat from tropical America that drinks the blood of animals like cows and birds
- Specialized
A small active songbird usually brown or grey from Europe, Asia and Africa
- Archaic
A person who strongly supports a political party, especially the Whiggamores
- Specialized
Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them
How Genuine
Surface Forms
Etymology
True comes from the old word trēowe meaning 'faithful', the same idea behind truth and trust. That's why a 'true' owner is the real, rightful one you can rely on.