The slowest one to make a promise is the most faithful one in keeping it.
Source: tatoeba (1869)
Faithful
//ˈfeɪθ.fl̩//
Synonyms for "faithful" (321 found)
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Closest matches (65)
accuratetrueabandonedacceptedacquiescentactiveadoringaffectionateafireapprovedardentassiduousassuredat one withattachedauthenticauthoritativebelievingbreathingburning
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calculablecanonicalcarefulcertainchristianchristianlikechristianlyclosecommittedcompliantcomplyingconfidentconformingcongregationconjugalconscientiousconsistentconstantcontinuingconventionalconvincedconvincingcorrectcrediblecultishcultistcultisticcustomarydedicateddelicatedelineativedemonstrativedependabledepictivedescriptivedetaileddevoteddevoutdiligentdirectdoggeddogmaticdoubtless
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (96)
duteousdutifuldyed-in-the-woolearnestenduringevangelicalevenexactexpositiveexpressexpressivefactualfaithworthyfastfastidiousferventfervidfideisticfieryfilial
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (160)
patientpatient as jobperfectperfervidpermanentperseverantperseveringpersistentpersistingpersuadedpertinaciousphotographicpietisticpinpointpiouspisticploddingpluggingpositivepracticing
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prayerfulprecisepredictablepreoccupiedproperpunctiliouspunctualraptrealisticreceivedred hotred-hotrefinedregardfulrelentlessreliablereligiousreligiously exactrepresentativeresolutereverentreverentialrightrighteousrigidrigorousromanticsalt of the earthsatisfiedscientificscientifically exactscripturalscrupuloussecureseduloussentimentalseriousseveresinceresingle mindedsingle-mindedsleeplesssloggingsoftsold onsolemnsolidsoundspeakingspecialspiritedsquarestablestandardstaunchsteadfaststeadystrictstubbornsubmissivesubstantialsubtlesuresurefiretenacioustendertestedtextualtheisticthoroughtirelessto the lifetraditionaltraditionalistictriedtried and truetrue bluetrue totrue to lifetrue to naturetrue-bluetrueheartedtrustedtrustworthytrustytruthfultruthyunabatingunconquerableundauntedunder the impressionundeviatingundiscouragedundistortedundoubtfulundoubtingundroopingunerringunfailingunfalteringunflaggingunflinchingunintermittinguninterruptedunnoddingunrelaxingunrelentingunremittingunsleepingunswervinguntiringunwaveringunweariedunwearyingunwinkinguprightutterly attentiveuxoriousvalidvehementvenerationalvenerativeveraciousverbatimveridicalvirtuousvividwarmwearilesswell-drawnwell-foundedwell-groundedwhite hotwhite-hotwifelywillingworshipfulzealous
Adjective(2 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
211 translations across 84 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- besnik adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πιστός adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- πιστός adj (having faith)
- πιστός adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Arabic
3 entries- أَمِين adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- مُخْلِص adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- وَفِيّ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Armenian
1 entries- հավատարիմ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- sadiq adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- sədaqətli adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- vəfalı adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Bashkir
1 entries- тоғро adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Belarusian
1 entries- ве́рны adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Bengali
2 entries- অনুগত adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- বিশ্বস্ত adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ве́рен adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- вярващ adj (having faith)
- достоверен adj (consistent with reality)
- правдив adj (consistent with reality)
Burmese
1 entries- သစ္စာရှိ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Catalan
4 entries- fidel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fidel adj (having faith)
- fidel adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- fidel adj (consistent with reality)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 忠實 /忠实 adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Czech
2 entries- věrný adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- věrný adj (consistent with reality)
Danish
4 entries- nøjagtig adj (consistent with reality)
- pålidelig adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- tro adj (consistent with reality)
- trofast adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Dutch
3 entries- getrouw adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- trouw adj (having faith)
- trouw adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Esperanto
1 entries- fidela adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Estonian
2 entries- truu adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ustav adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Finnish
4 entries- luotettava adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- uskollinen adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- uskollinen adj (having faith)
- uskollinen adj (consistent with reality)
French
4 entries- fidèle adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fidèle adj (having faith)
- fidèle adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- loyal adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Friulian
1 entries- fidêl adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Galician
4 entries- crente adj (having faith)
- fiel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fiel adj (having faith)
- fiel adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Georgian
1 entries- ერთგული adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
German
4 entries- anhänglich adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- detailgetreu adj (consistent with reality)
- ergeben adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- genau adj (consistent with reality)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Greek
1 entries- πιστός adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֶאֱמָן adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Hindi
2 entries- निष्ठावान adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- वफ़ादार adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Hungarian
2 entries- hű adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- hűséges adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Icelandic
2 entries- tryggur adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- trúr adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Ido
1 entries- fidela adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Indonesian
1 entries- setia adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Ingrian
1 entries- vernoi adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Italian
4 entries- affidabile adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- fedele adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fedele adj (having faith)
- ligio adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Japanese
1 entries- 忠実な adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Kazakh
1 entries- адал adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Khmer
1 entries- ចិត្តត្រង់ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Korean
1 entries- 충실하다 adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- динге ишенген adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ишенимдүү adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ишенчиликтүү adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- так adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Ladin
1 entries- fedel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Lao
2 entries- ຊື່ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ຊື່ຕົງ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Latgalian
1 entries- teirserdeigs adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Latin
4 entries- fidelis adj (having faith)
- fidus adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fidus adj (having faith)
- fidus adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Latvian
2 entries- godprātīgs adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- uzticīgs adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ištikimas adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Low German
1 entries- tro adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Macedonian
1 entries- верен adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Malay
1 entries- setia adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Mongolian
2 entries- үнэнч adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠴᠢ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Māori
2 entries- pirihonga adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- piripono adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- dilsoz adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- wefadar adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Norwegian
3 entries- tro adj (consistent with reality)
- troende adj (having faith)
- troverdig adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- etterrettelig adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- trofast adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- trofast adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- trufast adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- trufast adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Old English
2 entries- trīewe adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ġetrīewe adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Pashto
1 entries- وفادار adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Persian
1 entries- وفادار adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- tru adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Polish
2 entries- wierny adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- wierny adj (having faith)
Portuguese
4 entries- confiável adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- crente adj (having faith)
- fiel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fiel adj (having faith)
Romagnol
3 entries- fedél adj (having faith)
- fidél adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fidél adj (having faith)
Romanian
2 entries- fidel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- loial adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Russian
4 entries- ве́рный adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ве́рный adj (consistent with reality)
- ве́рующий adj (having faith)
- заслу́живающий дове́рия adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Sanskrit
2 entries- निष्ठावान् adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- भक्त adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Sardinian
3 entries- fidele adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fideli adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fieli adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìleas adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- veran adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- vjeran adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- веран adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- вјеран adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Sicilian
1 entries- fideli adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Slovak
1 entries- verný adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Slovene
1 entries- zvest adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Spanish
3 entries- fiel adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- fiel adj (having faith)
- leal adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Swahili
1 entries- aminifu adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
Swedish
1 entries- trogen adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Tajik
1 entries- вафодор adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Telugu
1 entries- నమ్మకమైన adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Thai
4 entries- จงรัก adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ซื่อ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ซื่อตรง adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ซื่อสัตย์ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Turkish
4 entries- gerçekçi adj (consistent with reality)
- güvenilir adj (reliable; worthy of trust)
- inançlı adj (having faith)
- sadakatli adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Turkmen
1 entries- wepaly adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ві́дданий adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ві́рний adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ві́руючий adj (having faith)
Urdu
1 entries- وفادار adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Uyghur
2 entries- سادىق adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- ۋاپادار adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Uzbek
2 entries- sodiq adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- vafodor adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chung thủy adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Welsh
1 entries- fyddlon adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Yiddish
2 entries- געטרײַ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
- טרײַ adj (loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
You must, above all, be faithful to your friends.
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Because dogs are more faithful than cats.
Source: tatoeba (36433)
The dog is a faithful animal.
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