truthful

Other forms of truthful

comparative

truthfuller·

superlative

truthfullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about truthful

What does truthful mean?

truthful means "expressing or given to expressing the truth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in truthful?

truthful has 2 syllables: truth-ful. The stress falls on "truth". In IPA it is /ˈtɹuθfəl/.

What is another word for truthful?

Close synonyms include true. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of truthful?

The recorded antonyms are untruthful.

Is truthful a common word?

truthful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with truthful?

1 word rhymes with truthful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.