Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "truth" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

false falsehood falsehood falsity lie untruth

Typical Location

axiom bible

Capable Of

free mind further knowledge matter to work to advantage

Causes Desire

put on stand

Coordinate Terms

truthiness tweet verisimilitude

Defined As

quest of science

Derived Terms

God honest truth God's honest truth God's truth Gospel truth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ReTruth Spirit of Truth Truth or Consequences a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on ain't that the truth antitruth bend the truth biotruth countertruth economical with the truth first truth grain of truth ground truth half-truth hard truth home truth if truth be told in truth in wine, there is truth it's the truth, Ruth kernel of truth live one's truth mistruth moment of truth naked truth nontruth nugget of truth of a truth plain truth post-truth race of truth ring of truth semitruth sneeze on the truth speak truth to power stretch the truth supertruth talk truth to power tell the truth tell you the truth tell-truth the truth is in the wine there's a grain of truth in every joke to tell the truth to tell you the truth trickle truth troof truth be told truth bomb truth book truth commission truth drug truth function truth is stranger than fiction truth nuke truth or dare truth quark truth quotient truth serum truth squad truth table truth to tell truth tree truth value truth will out truth window truth-telling truthaphobia truthbearer truthen truther trutherism truthful truthify truthiness truthism truthless truthlike truthly truthmaker truthmaking truthness truthology truthseeker truthsome truthteller truthward truthwards truthy vacuous truth

Derived From

true

Distinct From

false lie lying

Context

nonstandard physics

Has Property

correct elusive good hard to find relative

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actuality fact quality statement

Type Of (IsA)

actuality concept fact out there statement stranger than fiction subjective even changing reality virtue what

Receives Action

based on right belief

Related Terms

post-truth true untrue

Related Terms

accuracy assert consequence correct correctness court court testimony declare exact fact faithfulness fidelity honest honesty inaccuracy or consequence real reality testimony topness true truth quark untrue veracity what what is

Synonym Network

accuracy sojourner truth

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.