Synonyms: true
Definition: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Usage: out of true
Similar words: alignment
Definition: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
Definition: make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Usage: true up the cylinder of an engine
Similar words: line up, align, aline, adjust
Definition: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Usage: align the car with the curb; align the sheets of paper on the table
Synonyms: true, dead on target
Definition: accurately placed or thrown
Usage: his aim was true; he was dead on target
Similar words: accurate
Definition: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
Usage: an accurate reproduction; the accounting was accurate; accurate measurements; an accurate scale
Definition: accurately fitted; level
Usage: the window frame isn't quite true
Similar words: even
Definition: being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
Usage: an even application of varnish; an even floor; the road was not very even; the picture is even with the window
Synonyms: true
Definition: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Usage: true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
Similar words: faithful
Definition: steadfast in affection or allegiance
Usage: years of faithful service; faithful employees; we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor
Definition: in tune; accurate in pitch
Usage: a true note
Similar words: harmonious
Definition: musically pleasing
Definition: expressing or given to expressing the truth
Usage: a true statement; gave truthful testimony; a truthful person
Similar words: honest
Definition: marked by truth
Usage: gave honest answers; honest reporting
Similar words: veracious
Definition: habitually speaking the truth
Usage: a veracious witness
Synonyms: lawful, true, rightful
Definition: having a legally established claim
Usage: the legitimate heir; the true and lawful king
Similar words: legitimate
Definition: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
Synonyms: true
Definition: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
Usage: true north is geographic north
Similar words: geographic, geographical
Definition: determined by geography
Usage: the north and south geographic poles
Synonyms: true
Definition: rightly so called
Usage: true courage; a spirit which true men have always admired; a true friend
Similar words: real
Definition: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
Usage: the real reason; real war; a real friend; a real woman; meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal; it's time he had a real job; it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
Synonyms: unfeigned, true, genuine
Definition: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
Usage: genuine emotion; her interest in people was unfeigned; true grief
Similar words: sincere
Definition: open and genuine; not deceitful
Usage: he was a good man, decent and sincere; felt sincere regret that they were leaving; sincere friendship
Synonyms: true
Definition: consistent with fact or reality; not false
Usage: the story is true; it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true- B. Russell; the true meaning of the statement
Similar words: genuine, literal, actual, real
Definition: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Usage: her actual motive; a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton; a genuine dilemma
Similar words: apodeictic, apodictic
Definition: of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
Similar words: truthful
Definition: conforming to truth
Usage: I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so; a truthful statement
Similar words: sure
Definition: infallible or unfailing
Usage: a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment
Synonyms: dependable, honest, true, reliable
Definition: worthy of being depended on
Usage: a dependable worker; an honest working stiff; a reliable sourcSFLe of information; he was true to his word; I would be true for there are those who trust me
Similar words: trustworthy, trusty
Definition: worthy of trust or belief
Usage: a trustworthy report; an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion
Synonyms: true
Definition: conforming to definitive criteria
Usage: the horseshoe crab is not a true crab; Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
Similar words: typical
Definition: exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
Usage: a typical American girl; a typical suburban community; the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year; a painting typical of the Impressionist school; a typical romantic poem; a typical case of arteritis