true

true is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, adverb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
2. noun. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
3. noun. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.
4. noun. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
5. adverb. In accordance with truth; truly.
6. noun. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

   "out of true"

7. verb. make level, square, balanced, or concentric

   "true up the cylinder of an engine"

8. adjective. accurately placed or thrown

   "his aim was true"

   "he was dead on target"

9. adjective. accurately fitted; level

   "the window frame isn't quite true"

   Synonyms: straight

10. adjective. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

    "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

11. adjective. in tune; accurate in pitch

    "a true note"

12. adjective. expressing or given to expressing the truth

    "a true statement"

    "gave truthful testimony"

    Synonyms: truthful

13. adjective. having a legally established claim

    "the legitimate heir"

    "the true and lawful king"

    Synonyms: lawful, rightful

14. adjective. determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

    "true north is geographic north"

15. adjective. rightly so called

    "true courage"

    "a spirit which true men have always admired"

16. adjective. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

    "genuine emotion"

    "her interest in people was unfeigned"

    Synonyms: genuine, unfeigned

17. adjective. consistent with fact or reality; not false- B. Russell

    "the story is true"

    "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"

18. adjective. worthy of being depended on

    "a dependable worker"

    "an honest working stiff"

    Synonyms: dependable, honest, reliable

19. adjective. conforming to definitive criteria

    "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"

    "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

20. adverb. as acknowledged

    "true, she is the smartest in her class"

    Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, confessedly

Synonyms

straight, truthful, lawful, rightful, genuine, unfeigned, dependable, honest, reliable, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly

Common word forms

trued, truer, trues, truest, truing, trueing, trueness

Words from these letters

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