truthful

truth·ful

adj \ˈtrüth-fəl\

Definition of TRUTHFUL

: telling or disposed to tell the truth <a truthful witness>

— truth·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— truth·ful·ness noun

Examples of TRUTHFUL

1. We were not entirely truthful with her about where we went last night.
2. I like keeping the house clean but, to be truthful, I hate vacuuming.

First Known Use of TRUTHFUL

circa 1567

Related to TRUTHFUL

Synonyms: honest, veracious

Antonyms: dishonest, fibbing, lying, mendacious, prevaricating, untruthful

Related Words: candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, freehearted, free-spoken, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken; believable, credible, true, veritable; artless, earnest, genuine, guileless, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious; conscientious, moral, principled, scrupulous; aboveboard, dependable, reliable, trustable, trustworthy, trusty

Near Antonyms: fallacious, false, untrue; unbelievable, undependable, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy; bluffing, dissembling, dissimulating, duplicitous, equivocating, hypocritical, insincere, posing, pretending; artful, deceitful, deceptive, devious, evasive, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily

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Rhymes with TRUTHFUL

ruthful, youthful