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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reality, validity |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel truth, gospel, honest truth, infallibility, inside track, legitimacy, maxim, naked truth, nitty-gritty, perfection, picture, plain talk, precision, principle, rectitude, rightness, scoop, score, trueness, truism, truthfulness, unvarnished truth, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, whole story |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, invention, untruth |
| Concept: | [Object of knowlege.] Truth. |
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-nouns
fact, reality (existence); plain matter of fact; nature (principle); truth, verity; gospel; orthodoxy; authenticity; veracity; correctitude., accuracy, exactitude; exactness, preciseness; precision, delicacy; rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality; clockwork precision (regularity); conformity to rule; nicety., orthology; ipsissima verba; realism., plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing.
-verbs
be true, be the case; stand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water., render true, prove true; substantiate (evidence)., get at the truth (discover).
-adjectives
real, actual (existing); veritable, true; right, correct; certain; substantially true, categorically true; true to the letter, true as gospel; unimpeachable; veracious; unreconfuted, unconfuted; unideal, unimagined; realistic., exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just; strict, severe; close (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut., genuine, authentic, legitimate; othodox; official, ex officio., pure, natural, sound, sterling; unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, uncolored; in its true colors; pukka., well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering.
-adverbs
truly; verily, indeed, in reality; with truth (veracity); certainly (certain); actually (existence); in effect (intrinsically)., exactly; ad amussim; verbatim, verbatim et literatim; word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis; ad unguem; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking.
-phrases
the truth, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti; en suivant la verite; ex facto jus oritur; la verita e figlia del empo; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius [Cicero]; veritas nunquam perit [Seneca]; veritatem dies aperit [Seneca]; the
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| Antonyms: | error |
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