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Synonyms for truthy

  • adjective

Most common

truthful veridical truthlike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Truthful — only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts

truthful, veridical, truthlike, truthsome rare

2. Honest — faithful; true

honest, faithful

Antonyms

falsy

All antonyms of truthy →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Faithful; true.

  2. adj. 2

    Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts.

Related words

Word family
truthiness

Example sentences

  • truthful I'm pretty sure Tom and Mary were being truthful.
  • veridical The Monty Hall problem is an example of a veridical paradox.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
truthysteady
truthfulrising
veridicalrising
truthlikesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
honest2
8 letters
faithful2, truthful2
9 letters
veridical, truthlike, truthsome

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honest2 = 2 syllables).