- accuracy
- authenticity
- certainty
- fact
- legitimacy
- principle
- truthfulness
- veracity
- actuality
- axiom
- case
- correctness
- dope
- exactitude
- exactness
- facts
- factuality
- factualness
- genuineness
- gospel
- infallibility
- maxim
- nitty-gritty
- perfection
- picture
- precision
- rectitude
- rightness
- scoop
- score
- trueness
- truism
- verisimilitude
- verity
- factualism
- gospel truth
- honest truth
- inside track
- naked truth
- plain talk
- unvarnished truth
- whole story
- authenticity
- faith
- integrity
- realism
- revelation
- sincerity
- candor
- constancy
- dedication
- devotion
- dutifulness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- frankness
- openness
- uprightness
- verity
- veridicality
On this page you’ll find 120 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to truth, such as: accuracy, authenticity, certainty, fact, legitimacy, and principle.
- dishonesty
- apathy
- disloyalty
- falseness
- inconstancy
- lying
- treachery
- unsteadiness
- falsehood
- invention
- lie
- misrepresentation
- untruth
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WORDS RELATED TO TRUTH
- achievement
- actualization
- attainment
- brass tacks
- fact
- materiality
- materialization
- real world
- reality
- straight stuff
- substance
- substantiality
- truth
- what it is
- adage
- aphorism
- apothegm
- device
- dictum
- fundamental
- law
- maxim
- moral
- postulate
- precept
- proposition
- proverb
- saying
- theorem
- truism
- truth
- adages
- aphorisms
- apothegms
- devices
- dicta
- fundamentals
- laws
- maxims
- morals
- postulates
- precepts
- propositions
- proverbs
- sayings
- theorems
- truisms
- truths
- definiteness
- definitiveness
- definitude
- exactitude
- exactness
- faultlessness
- fidelity
- preciseness
- precision
- regularity
- truth
- accomplishment
- act
- action
- adventure
- ballgame
- big idea
- bit
- byplay
- cause
- commission
- crusade
- do
- enterprise
- exploit
- fact
- feat
- game
- happenin’
- performance
- plan
- quest
- reality
- securing
- stunt
- thing
- tour de force
- truth
- winning
- carefulness
- correctness
- definiteness
- definitiveness
- definitude
- exactitude
- faithfulness
- faultlessness
- nicety
- orderliness
- painstakingness
- preciseness
- promptitude
- regularity
- rigor
- rigorousness
- scrupulousness
- strictness
- truth
- unequivocalness
- veracity
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Truth in Different Languages: Truth is regularly used to mean being as per actuality or reality, or devotion to a unique or standard. Truth is additionally now and then characterized in current settings as a thought of “truth to self”, or validness. Truth is typically held to be inverse to misrepresentation, which, correspondingly, can likewise propose a legitimate, verifiable, or moral significance.
Translation of word Truth in almost 100+ different languages of the world.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Albanian | e vërtetë |
| Basque | egia |
| Belarusian | праўда |
| Bosnian | istina |
| Bulgarian | истина |
| Catalan | veritat |
| Croatian | istina |
| Czech | pravda |
| Danish | sandhed |
| Dutch | waarheid |
| Estonian | tõde |
| Finnish | totuus |
| French | vérité |
| Galician | verdade |
| German | Wahrheit |
| Greek | αλήθεια (alítheia) |
| Hungarian | igazság |
| Icelandic | Sannleikur |
| Irish | fírinne |
| Italian | verità |
| Latvian | patiesība |
| Lithuanian | tiesa |
| Macedonian | вистина |
| Maltese | verità |
| Norwegian | sannhet |
| Polish | prawda |
| Portuguese | verdade |
| Romanian | adevăr |
| Russian | правда (pravda) |
| Serbian | истина (istina) |
| Slovak | pravda |
| Slovenian | resnica |
| Spanish | verdad |
| Swedish | sanning |
| Ukrainian | правда (pravda) |
| Welsh | gwirionedd |
| Yiddish | אמת |
| Armenian | ճշմարտություն |
| Azerbaijani | həqiqət |
| Bengali | সত্য |
| Chinese Simplified | 真相 (zhēnxiàng) |
| Chinese Traditional | 真相 (zhēnxiàng) |
| Georgian | სიმართლე |
| Gujarati | સત્ય |
| Hindi | सत्य |
| Hmong | qhov tseeb |
| Japanese | 真実 |
| Kannada | ಸತ್ಯ |
| Kazakh | шындық |
| Khmer | សេចក្តីពិត |
| Korean | 진실 (jinsil) |
| Lao | ຄວາມຈິງ |
| Malayalam | സത്യം |
| Marathi | सत्य |
| Mongolian | үнэн |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အမှန်တရား |
| Nepali | सत्य |
| Sinhala | සත්යය |
| Tajik | рост |
| Tamil | உண்மை |
| Telugu | సత్యం |
| Thai | ความจริง |
| Turkish | hakikat |
| Urdu | سچ |
| Uzbek | haqiqat |
| Vietnamese | Sự thật |
| Arabic | حقيقة (hqyq) |
| Hebrew | אֶמֶת |
| Persian | حقیقت |
| Afrikaans | waarheid |
| Chichewa | choonadi |
| Hausa | gaskiya |
| Igbo | eziokwu |
| Sesotho | ‘nete |
| Somali | runta |
| Swahili | ukweli |
| Yoruba | otitọ |
| Zulu | iqiniso |
| Cebuano | kamatuoran |
| Filipino | katotohanan |
| Indonesian | kebenaran |
| Javanese | bebener |
| Malagasy | fahamarinana |
| Malay | kebenaran |
| Maori | pono |
| Esperanto | vero |
| Haitian Creole | verite |
| Latin | verum |
Truth in European Languages
Translation of word Truth in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Albanian | e vërtetë |
| Basque | egia |
| Belarusian | праўда |
| Bosnian | istina |
| Bulgarian | истина |
| Catalan | veritat |
| Corsican | a verità |
| Croatian | istina |
| Czech | pravda |
| Danish | sandhed |
| Dutch | waarheid |
| Estonian | tõde |
| Finnish | totuus |
| French | vérité |
| Frisian | wierheid |
| Galician | verdade |
| German | Wahrheit |
| Greek | αλήθεια [alítheia] |
| Hungarian | igazság |
| Icelandic | Sannleikur |
| Irish | fírinne |
| Italian | verità |
| Latvian | patiesība |
| Lithuanian | tiesa |
| Luxembourgish | Wourecht |
| Macedonian | вистина |
| Maltese | verità |
| Norwegian | sannhet |
| Polish | prawda |
| Portuguese | verdade |
| Romanian | adevăr |
| Russian | правда [pravda] |
| Scots Gaelic | fìrinn |
| Serbian | истина [istina] |
| Slovak | pravda |
| Slovenian | resnica |
| Spanish | verdad |
| Swedish | sanning |
| Tatar | хакыйкать |
| Ukrainian | правда [pravda] |
| Welsh | gwirionedd |
| Yiddish | אמת |
Truth in Asian Languages
Translation of word Truth in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Armenian | ճշմարտություն |
| Azerbaijani | həqiqət |
| Bengali | সত্য |
| Chinese Simplified | 真相 [zhēnxiàng] |
| Chinese Traditional | 真相 [zhēnxiàng] |
| Georgian | სიმართლე |
| Gujarati | સત્ય |
| Hindi | सत्य |
| Hmong | qhov tseeb |
| Japanese | 真実 |
| Kannada | ಸತ್ಯ |
| Kazakh | шындық |
| Khmer | សេចក្តីពិត |
| Korean | 진실 [jinsil] |
| Kyrgyz | чындык |
| Lao | ຄວາມຈິງ |
| Malayalam | സത്യം |
| Marathi | सत्य |
| Mongolian | үнэн |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အမှန်တရား |
| Nepali | सत्य |
| Odia | ସତ୍ୟ |
| Pashto | حقیقت |
| Punjabi | ਸੱਚ |
| Sindhi | سچ |
| Sinhala | සත්යය |
| Tajik | рост |
| Tamil | உண்மை |
| Telugu | సత్యం |
| Thai | ความจริง |
| Turkish | hakikat |
| Turkmen | hakykat |
| Urdu | سچ |
| Uyghur | ھەقىقەت |
| Uzbek | haqiqat |
| Vietnamese | Sự thật |
Truth in Middle East Languages
Translation of word Truth in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Arabic | حقيقة [hqyq] |
| Hebrew | אֶמֶת |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | rastî |
| Persian | حقیقت |
Truth in African Languages
Translation of word Truth in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | waarheid |
| Amharic | እውነት |
| Chichewa | choonadi |
| Hausa | gaskiya |
| Igbo | eziokwu |
| Kinyarwanda | ukuri |
| Sesotho | ‘nete |
| Shona | chokwadi |
| Somali | runta |
| Swahili | ukweli |
| Xhosa | inyaniso |
| Yoruba | otitọ |
| Zulu | iqiniso |
Truth in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word Truth in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | kamatuoran |
| Filipino | katotohanan |
| Hawaiian | ʻoiaʻiʻo |
| Indonesian | kebenaran |
| Javanese | bebener |
| Malagasy | fahamarinana |
| Malay | kebenaran |
| Maori | pono |
| Samoan | upu moni |
| Sundanese | kaleresan |
Truth in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word Truth |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | vero |
| Haitian Creole | verite |
| Latin | verum |
Video Translation of Truth in 10 Other Languages
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More Information about Truth
The idea of truth is examined and bantered in a few settings, including reasoning, craftsmanship, philosophy, and science.
Most human exercises rely on the idea, where its tendency as an idea is expected as opposed to be a topic of conversation; these incorporate the vast majority of technical disciplines, law, news coverage, and regular day to day existence.
A few savants see the idea of truth as fundamental, and incapable to be clarified in any terms that are more effectively comprehended than the idea of truth itself. If you always speak the truth, it means you are honest and reliable person.
The subject of what is a legitimate reason for choosing how words, images, thoughts and convictions may appropriately be viewed as obvious, regardless of whether by a solitary individual or a whole society, is managed by the five most pervasive substantive speculations of truth recorded beneath.
Every present points of view that are broadly shared by distributed researchers. Hypotheses other than the most pervasive substantive speculations are additionally examined.
All the more as of late created “deflationary” or “moderate” hypotheses of truth have developed as potential options in contrast to the most common substantive speculations.
Moderate thinking bases on the thought that the use of a term like consistent with an announcement doesn’t state anything huge about it, for example, anything about its tendency.
The word truth in different languages has many names. A person who always speak true is trustworthy.
Moderate thinking acknowledges truth as a mark used all in all talk to communicate understanding, to stretch cases, or to frame general presumptions.
Alethiology actually implies the investigation of truth, however, can all the more precisely be deciphered as the investigation of the idea of truth.
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The «No Word For X» trope is a favorite item in the inventory of pop-culture rhetorical moves — the Irish have no word for «sex», the Germans have no word for «mess», the Japanese have no word for «compliance», the Bulgarians have no word for «integrity», none of the Romance languages have a word for «accountability», and so on …
In today’s New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal presents an unusual variant: «Two Words For X». Specifically, he advises us «To Understand Trump, Learn Russian»:
The Russian language has two words for truth — a linguistic quirk that seems relevant to our current political climate, especially because of all the disturbing ties between the newly elected president and the Kremlin.
The word for truth in Russian that most Americans know is “pravda” — the truth that seems evident on the surface. It’s subjective and infinitely malleable, which is why the Soviet Communists called their party newspaper “Pravda.” Despots, autocrats and other cynical politicians are adept at manipulating pravda to their own ends.
But the real truth, the underlying, cosmic, unshakable truth of things is called “istina” in Russian. You can fiddle with the pravda all you want, but you can’t change the istina.
My knowledge of Russian is limited to the feeble residue of time with Russophone grandparents when I was 4 or 5 years old, and the even feebler residue of a semester of Russian in college. And Mr. Rosenthal was once Moscow bureau chief for the AP, so presumably he has some facility with the language. But I’m skeptical of facile language/culture connections like this one, and the logic of Rosenthal’s connection between Donald Trump’s character and the Russian lexicon seems unusually diffuse even by the standards of the punditocracy.
A quick check at the Cornell Russian Dictionary Tree tends to support my skepticism — here’s the entry for правда:
And here’s the entry for истина:
This suggests that the real difference is not that правда is subjective and infinitely malleable, while истина is cosmic and unshakable. Rather, правда is ordinary, while истина is hifalutin.
But I invite readers who actually know Russian to explain the difference and evaluate Rosenthal’s interpretation.
Update — we have to admit that English has quite a few words for truth: accuracy, correctness, factuality, verity, sooth, … What lessons about our politics, if any, should speakers of other languages draw from this?
December 15, 2016 @ 8:04 pm
· Filed by Mark Liberman under Rhetoric
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