truth
1. a fact that has been verified (Freq. 17)
- at last he knew the truth
- the truth is that he didn't want to do it
• Hypernyms:
fact
• Hyponyms:
home truth, verity
2. conformity to reality or actuality (Freq. 7)
- 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
• Syn:
the true, verity, trueness
• Ant:
falsity
• Derivationally related forms:
true (for: trueness)
• Hypernyms:
actuality
• Attrubites:
true, false
3. a true statement (Freq. 6)
- he told the truth
- he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
• Syn:
true statement
• Ant:
falsehood
• Hypernyms:
statement
• Hyponyms:
gospel, gospel truth, tautology, truism
4. the quality of being near to the true value (Freq. 3)
- he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
• Syn:
accuracy
• Ant:
inaccuracy (for: accuracy)
• Hypernyms:
quality
• Hyponyms:
exactness, exactitude, fidelity
• Attrubites:
accurate, inaccurate
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