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Sounds | truw'th |
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Rhymes | booth / Booth, Duluth, ruth / Ruth, and 8 more rhymes in uwth at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A fact that has been verified. |
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Examples | "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it" |
Narrower | home truth; verity |
Broader | fact |
Meaning | Conformity to reality or actuality. |
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Examples | "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" |
Synonyms | the true, verity |
Attributes | true; false |
Broader | actuality |
Contrary | falsity, falseness |
Meaning | A true statement. |
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Examples | "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" |
Synonyms | true statement |
Narrower | gospel, gospel truth; tautology; truism |
Broader | statement |
Contrary | falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement |
Meaning | The quality of nearness to the truth or the true value. |
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Examples | "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" |
Synonyms | accuracy |
Attributes | accurate; inaccurate |
Narrower | exactness, exactitude; fidelity |
Broader | quality |
Contrary | inaccuracy |
Meaning | United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883). |
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Synonyms | Sojourner Truth |
Broader | abolitionist, emancipationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber |