Dictionary entry details
• TRUTH (noun)
Meaning:
A fact that has been verified
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context examples:
at last he knew the truth / the truth is that he didn't want to do it
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
fact (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
home truth (an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself))
verity (an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth)
Meaning:
Conformity to reality or actuality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
the true; trueness; verity; truth
Context 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 / he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Attribute:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Antonym:
falsity (the state of being false or untrue)
Meaning:
A true statement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
true statement; truth
Context examples:
he told the truth / he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
gospel; gospel truth (an unquestionable truth)
tautology ((logic) a statement that is necessarily true)
truism (an obvious truth)
Antonym:
falsehood (a false statement)
Meaning:
The quality of being near to the true value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
accuracy; truth
Context examples:
he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass / the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
inaccurate (not accurate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
exactitude; exactness (the quality of being exact)
fidelity (accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal)
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sojourner Truth; Truth
Instance hypernyms:
feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)
abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)
