Definitions of Truth

Definitions of Truth:

1. Conformity to fact or actuality.
2. A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
3. Sincerity; integrity.
4. Fidelity to an original or standard.
a. Reality; actuality.
b. often Truth That which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence. 1


1. a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn’t want to do it"
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"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
3. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn’t believe it"
4. accuracy: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" 2


Synonyms for truth:

reality, accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel, gospel truth, honest truth, infallibility, inside track, law, legitimacy, maxim, naked truth, nitty-gritty, perfection, picture, plain talk, precision, principle, rectitude, rightness, scoop, score, straight dope, trueness, truism, truthfulness, validity, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, whole story 3


1. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=truth

2. [http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+truth&btnG=Google+Search&meta=] Under entry [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=truth]

3. http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=truth Under entry Roget’s New Millenniumâ„¢ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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