truth
[noun]
Synonyms: truthfulness, accuracy, exactness, fact, genuineness, legitimacy, precision, reality, validity, veracity

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Antonyms: falsity, untruth, lie
Contrasted words: equivocation, evasion, hedging, deception, deceptiveness, falseness
Related Idioms: unvarnished truth (or truthfulness), (the) gospel truth, (the) truth of the matter
Related Words: precision, rightness, trueness, authenticity, genuineness, veritableness, candor, reality

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Truth, Soj‧our‧ner /ˈsɒdʒənəʳ $ ˈsəʊdʒər-/
(1797–1883) a female US slave (=a black person who was owned by a white person) with strong Christian beliefs, who was allowed to become a free person and who then travelled around the US teaching people about God and speaking publicly against slavery (=the practice of owning slaves).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

truth S1 W2 /truːθ/ noun
[Word Family: adverb: truly, truthfully ≠ untruthfully, true; noun: truth ≠ untruth, truthfulness; adjective: true ≠ untrue, truthful ≠ untruthful]
[Language: Old English; Origin: treowth 'faithfulness']

1. TRUE FACTS the truth the true facts about something, rather than what is untrue, imagined, or guessed Antonym : lie, falsehood, untruth:
How do we know you’re telling us the truth?
the truth about
She hoped to find out the truth about her family.
the truth behind
We’ll never know the truth behind what happened.

2. BEING TRUE [uncountable] the state or quality of being true
truth in
There was some truth in the accusations.
grain/element of truth (=small amount of truth)
There wasn’t a grain of truth in what he said.
There was an element of truth (=a small amount of truth) in what he said.
There is no truth in the rumour.

3. IMPORTANT IDEAS [countable usually plural] formal an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true:
The experience has taught us some basic truths.
an unhappy/unpleasant/unwelcome truth (=an unpleasant or disappointing fact)
It is in his interest to hide unhappy truths about his agency’s performance.

4. in truth in fact Synonym : really:
Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.

5. if (the) truth be known/told used when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion:
If the truth be known, I felt a little left out at school.

6. to tell (you) the truth spoken used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something:
To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.

7. nothing could be further from the truth used to say that something is definitely not true

8. the truth will out old-fashioned used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end
⇒ half-truth, home truth, ⇒ the moment of truth at moment(15)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

truth
noun
I. what is true
ADJ. absolute, gospel (informal), honest (informal), real She takes everything she reads in the paper as gospel truth.
full, whole It still doesn't make sense to me?I don't think he's told us the whole truth.
exact, literal | naked, plain, simple The simple truth is he's lost his job.
underlying | awful, bitter, cruel, dreadful, hard, harsh, horrible, horrid, painful, sad, shocking, terrible, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young The sad truth is he never loved her.
objective | empirical, historical, moral, poetic, psychological, religious, scientific, spiritual It's a good film but contains little historical truth.
divine
QUANT. element, grain There may have been a grain of truth in what he said.
VERB + TRUTH know So now you know the truth. If the truth be known, I was afraid to tell anyone.
admit, speak, tell (sb) He was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court. I'm sure she's telling the truth. To tell you the truth, I'm rather dreading his return.
establish, discover, find out, get at, learn, reveal, uncover She was determined to discover the truth about her neighbours. The journalist protested that he was only trying to get at the truth.
guess | accept, acknowledge, face (up to) | doubt The police doubt the truth of his statement.
conceal, cover up, hide, suppress You've been hiding the truth from me!
TRUTH + VERB be, lie We are examining the matter to see where the truth lies.
come out, emerge Towards the end of the letter the cruel truth emerged.
dawn on sb The awful truth suddenly dawned on her.
PREP. in ~ She laughed and chatted but was, in truth (= in fact), not having much fun.
~ about finding out the truth about her husband
~ behind What's the truth behind all the gossip?
~ in There is no truth in the rumour.
PHRASES be economical with the truth (= not to tell the whole truth), nothing could be further from the truth I know you think she's mean, but nothing could be further from the truth.
the quest/search for (the) truth, a ring of truth His explanation has a ring of truth to it.
a seeker after truth (literary) seekers after divine truth
the truth of the matter The truth of the matter is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.
the truth will out (saying) (= People will find out the true facts of a situation even if you try to keep them secret.)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

truth
II. fact that is true
ADJ. basic, central, common, essential, eternal, fundamental, general, great, important, profound, simple, ultimate, universal in search of the eternal truths of life
ancient | obvious, self-evident, undeniable We hold these truths to be self-evident …
underlying | half, partial His evidence was a blend of smears, half truths and downright lies.
harsh, home, painful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome It's time we told him a few home truths about sharing a house.
necessary | moral, philosophical, scientific, spiritual | divine
VERB + TRUTH establish, reveal, uncover | tell sb | accept, acknowledge, face up to
PREP. ~ about She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

truth

tell the truth
It's better to tell the truth.
speak the truth
He always spoke the truth, whether it was popular or not.
know the truth
At last I knew the truth about my father’s death.
find out/discover/uncover the truth
She was determined to find out the truth.
learn the truth
When she learns the truth, she may decide to help us.
get at/to the truth informal (=discover the truth)
The police will eventually get to the truth of the matter.
reveal the truth
She’d promised never to reveal the truth.
accept/admit the truth
Our pride kept us from admitting the truth.
be/come close to the truth
The book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking.
get the truth out of somebody (=make someone tell you the truth)
I’ll get the truth out of her, whatever it takes!
the whole/full truth
Investors should have been told the whole truth.
the simple/plain/naked truth (=the truth, with nothing added, left out, or hidden)
The simple truth is that there isn’t enough money to pay for it.
the sad/painful truth (=something that is true but that you regret)
She still misses him, and that’s the sad truth.
the awful/terrible/dreadful etc truth
She could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth.
the honest truth (=used to emphasize that you are telling the truth)
We never came here to steal anything, and that’s the honest truth.
the gospel truth (=the complete truth)
Don’t take everything she says as the gospel truth.
the truth of the matter
The truth of the matter is that we don’t know what really happened.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

truth
noun
BAD: We all thought he was saying the truth.
GOOD: We all thought he was telling the truth.

Usage Note:
tell the truth (NOT say ): 'I'm still not convinced that he's telling the truth.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

truth
tru:θ
See: children and fools speak the truth

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲