Meaning of 'true'

adjective

worthy of being depended on

Synonyms: reliable

adverb

as acknowledged

Example: "True, you are the smartest in our class."

Synonyms: admittedly avowedly confessedly

adjective

accurately placed or thrown

Example: "My aim was true."

Synonyms: dead on target

adjective

accurately fitted

Synonyms: straight

adjective

devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

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

adjective

in tune

Synonyms: on-key

adjective

expressing or given to expressing the truth

Example: "a true statement"

Synonyms: truthful

adjective

consistent with fact or reality

adjective

conforming to definitive criteria

Example: "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"

noun

proper alignment

verb

make level, square, balanced, or concentric

Example: "true up the cylinder of an engine"

Synonyms: true up

adjective

having a legally established claim

Synonyms: rightful

adjective

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

adjective

rightly so called

adjective

not pretended

Synonyms: genuine