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True-blue
| Main Entry: |
true-blue
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest and faithful |
| Synonyms: | allegiant, ardent, behind one, dedicated, dependable, devoted, die-hard, dutiful, faithful, faithful, firm, genuine, hard-core, honorable, in good faith, loyal, loyal, patriotic, staunch, steadfast, sure, tried, tried and true, tried-and-true, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | faithful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loyal, reliable |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, allegiant, ardent, attached, behind one, circumspect, confiding, conscientious, constant, dependable, devoted, dutiful, dyed-in-the-wool, enduring, fast, firm, genuine, hard-core, honest, honorable, incorruptible, loving, obedient, on the level, patriotic, resolute, scrupulous, sincere, staunch, steadfast, steady, straight, string along with, sure, tried, tried and true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unchanging, unswerving, unwavering, upright, veracious |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, disloyal, false, inconstant, treacherous, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue |
| Main Entry: | loyal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faithful, dependable |
| Synonyms: | allegiant, ardent, attached, behind one, believing, coming through, constant, devoted, dutiful, dyed-in-the-wool, firm, on one's side, patriotic, resolute, staunch, steadfast, steady, tried-and-true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unswerving, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | disloyal, undependable, unfaithful |
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ethical, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, moralistic, noble, praiseworthy, principled, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, salt of the earth, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue, trustworthy, truthful, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy |
| Notes: | moral (noun) means the lesson or principle of a story or event - (adjective) relating to lessons or principles of right and wrong; morale is a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose or the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
| Antonyms: | amoral, bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reliable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy |
| Synonyms: | candid, careful, certain, conscientious, constant, decent, decisive, definite, dependable, determined, devoted, faithful, firm, good, high-principled, honest, honorable, impeccable, incorrupt, loyal, okay, positive, predictable, proved, reputable, respectable, responsible, righteous, safe, sincere, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sterling, strong, sure, there, tried, tried-and-true, true, true-blue, true-hearted, trusty, unequivocal, unfailing, unimpeachable, upright, veracious |
| Antonyms: | deceptive, irresponsible, unreliable, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | sincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dead-level, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest to God, like it is, meant, natural, no fooling, no-nonsense, on the level, on the line, on up and up, open, outspoken, plain, pretensionless, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, sure enough, true, true-blue, trustworthy, twenty-four carat, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up-front, wholehearted |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | staunch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resolute, dependable |
| Synonyms: | allegiant, ardent, constant, faithful, fast, firm, inflexible, liege, loyal, reliable, secure, sound, stable, stalwart, steadfast, stiff, stout, strong, sure, tough, tried-and-true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty |
| Notes: | stanch is a verb that means 'to stop a flow' while staunch is an adjective meaning 'steady, loyal' |
| Antonyms: | irresolute, undependable, unreliable, weak |
| Main Entry: | steadfast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loyal, steady |
| Synonyms: | abiding, adamant, allegiant, ardent, bound, changeless, constant, dedicated, dependable, enduring, established, faithful, fast, firm, fixed, immobile, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, intense, intent, liege, never-failing, obdurate, persevering, relentless, reliable, resolute, rigid, single-minded, stable, staunch, stubborn, sure, tried-and-true, true, true-blue, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unmovable, unqualified, unquestioning, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, wholehearted |
| Antonyms: | disloyal, unreliable, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | tried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reliable |
| Synonyms: | approved, certified, constant, demonstrated, dependable, faithful, proved, secure, staunch, steadfast, tested, tried-and-true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, used |
| Antonyms: | unreliable, untried |
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