truth

[ trooth ]
/ truθ /

noun, plural truths [troothz, trooths] /truðz, truθs/.

Idioms for truth

    in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.

Origin of truth

before 900; Middle English treuthe, Old English trēowth (cognate with Old Norse tryggth faith). See true, -th1

words often confused with truth

See truism.

OTHER WORDS FROM truth

truth·less, adjective truth·less·ness, noun mis·truth, noun non·truth, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH truth

truism truth (see confusables note at truism)

Definition for truth (2 of 2)

Truth
[ trooth ]
/ truθ /

noun

So·journ·er [soh-jur-ner, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/, Isabella Van Wagener,1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.

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British Dictionary definitions for truth

truth
/ (truːθ) /

noun

Other words from truth

Related adjectives: veritable, veracious

Derived forms of truth

truthless, adjective

Word Origin for truth

Old English triewth; related to Old High German gitriuwida fidelity, Old Norse tryggr true

Idioms and Phrases with truth

truth