Plain truth

Synonyms for "plain truth" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
candorclear statementclear truth

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
direct truthfranknesshonest account

Related words (5)

Adjective(5 words)
straight factsthe factsthe truthunembellished truthunvarnished truth

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

9 entries
brutal truthconfirmed claimdocumented factfrank disclosurehard truthobserved factplainspoken truthverifiable factverified fact

Collocations

9 entries
plain Englishplain factplain honestyplain languageplain speakingplain truthfulnessplain truthsthe plain truththe plain truth is

Inflections

3 entries
plain truthsplainerplainest

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is to a nonconception of this plain truth, namely, that money is as much a marketable commodity as any of those things for which it is given in exchange, that we must ascribe the ignorance that prevails concerning the laws by which its value and its distribution are regulated, and of the consequences which follow when the natural operation of these laws is disturbed.

Source: wiktionary

[I]f they never hear plain truth from men, they see the best of every thing, in every kind, and they see things so grouped and amassed as to infer easily the sum and genius, instead of tedious particularities.

Source: wiktionary

We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer.

Source: wiktionary

He had seen the advertisement of The Ray, the promised new journal of plain truth, he continued suavely, and if it chanced that she, Miss O’Wynn, was the talented investigatress who was writing the promised article on the alleged Morriston Colony mystery, he begged that she would grant him the favor, the very great favor, of an interview at the earliest possible moment.

Source: wiktionary