Truthful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

expressing or given to expressing the truth

conforming to truth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈuːθfəl/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈuːθfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈuːθfəl/

2 syllables Say it as /tɹˈuːθfəl/.

Examples

a true statement
gave truthful testimony
a truthful person

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

true

Antonyms

untruthful

Parts of Speech

adjective	expressing or given to expressing the truth “a true statement”
adjective	conforming to truth “I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so”

Word Forms

truthfulness

noun

the quality of being truthful

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wahrhaftig

die Wahrheit zum Ausdruck bringen oder dazu neigen, sie auszudrücken

🇫🇷French

véridique

exprimer ou avoir envie d'exprimer la vérité

🇪🇸Spanish

veraz

expresar o dado a expresar la verdad

🇮🇹Italian

veritiero

esprimere o essere portato a esprimere la verità

🇳🇱Dutch

waarheidsgetrouw

het uitdrukken of geven aan het uiten van de waarheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

verdadeiro

expressando ou dado a expressar a verdade

🇷🇺Russian

правдивый

выражающий или предназначенный для выражения истины

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सच्चा

सत्य व्यक्त करना या व्यक्त करना

🇧🇩Bengali

সত্যবাদী

প্রকাশ করা বা সত্য প্রকাশ করার জন্য দেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மையுள்ள

உண்மையை வெளிப்படுத்துதல் அல்லது வெளிப்படுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

సత్యవంతుడు

నిజాన్ని వ్యక్తీకరించడం లేదా వ్యక్తీకరించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

सत्यवादी

व्यक्त करणे किंवा सत्य व्यक्त करण्यासाठी दिलेले आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સત્યવાદી

વ્યક્ત કરવું અથવા સત્ય વ્યક્ત કરવા માટે આપવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸತ್ಯವಂತ

ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಲು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സത്യസന്ധൻ

സത്യം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുകയോ പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੱਚਾ

ਜ਼ਾਹਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਚ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

سچا

اظہار کرنا یا سچائی کے اظہار کے لیے دیا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

真实

表达或致力于表达真相

🇯🇵Japanese

正直な

真実を表現する、または表現することに委ねられる

🇰🇷Korean

거짓말 안하는

표현하거나 진실을 표현하는 데 주어진

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trung thực

bày tỏ hoặc đưa ra để thể hiện sự thật

🇹🇭Thai

จริงใจ

การแสดงหรือมอบให้เพื่อแสดงความจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

jujur

mengungkapkan atau diberikan untuk mengungkapkan kebenaran

🇵🇭Filipino

makatotohanan

pagpapahayag o ibinigay sa pagpapahayag ng katotohanan

🇲🇾Malay

jujur

menyatakan atau diberi untuk menyatakan kebenaran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صادقة

التعبير أو إعطاء التعبير عن الحقيقة

🇮🇷Persian

راستگو

بیان کننده یا به بیان حقیقت

🇹🇷Turkish

dürüst

gerçeği ifade etmek veya ifade etmeye verilen

🇮🇱Hebrew

דוֹבֵר אֶמֶת

להביע או להביע את האמת

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