Synonyms for loyalty
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Allegiance
allegiance, commitment, faithfulness, faith, devotion, fidelity, dedication, constancy, homage
Definitions
- n. 1
Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.
- n. 2
The state of being loyal; fidelity.
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Forms
- Plural
- loyalties → allegiances, commitments, faithfulnesses, faiths…
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Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- commitment Tom made a commitment to cooperate with a company.
- allegiance The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king.
- faithfulness They built a relationship founded on faithfulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| loyalty | rising | |
| faith | rising | |
| commitment | rising | |
| allegiance | steady | |
| faithfulness | rising | |
| trueness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- truth1, faith1
- 6 letters
- homage2, fealty3
- 8 letters
- sympathy3, devotion3, fidelity4, trueness
- 9 letters
- constancy3
- 10 letters
- commitment3, dedication4, allegiance3
- 12 letters
- faithfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (homage2 = 2 syllables).