Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truthful

/ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: truth-ful
IPA: /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Honest, and always telling the truth.

adj

Accurately depicting what is real.

Example Sentences

"someone's truthful nature"
"Mr. Musk was not being truthful, Mr. Rubio said. What about the more than 1,500 State Department officials who took early retirement in buyouts?"
"He drew a truthful portrait of the prince."
"He must be blind indeed who does not perceive the radical and chasmal difference between the truthful and the poetical modes of inculcation."

Etymology

From truth + -ful. Piecewise doublet of trothful, from Middle English trouþeful.

Inflected Forms

more truthful (comparative) most truthful (superlative)

Derived Forms

mistruthful nontruthful overtruthful truthfully truthfulness untruthful

Phrases

to be truthful

Synonyms

factual veridical true

Antonyms

untruthful

Rhymes With

youthful untruthful

Questions

How do you pronounce truthful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/.
What does truthful mean?: Honest, and always telling the truth.
Where does truthful come from?: From truth + -ful. Piecewise doublet of trothful, from Middle English trouþeful.

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