Entry Word: faithful

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 firm in oneʼs allegiance to someone or something <fans of the Chicago Cubs are famously faithful>

Synonyms constant, devoted, fast, good, loyal, pious, staunch (or stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue

Related Words dependable, dutiful, reliable, tried, trustworthy; unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering; determined, intent, resolute; confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool, inveterate, sworn; ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, passionate

Near Antonyms undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; faltering, hesitant, vacillating, wavering; dubious, irresolute, uncertain; apathetic, dispassionate, uninterested

Antonyms disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue

2 following an original exactly <a faithful filming of Robert Louis Stevensonʼs novel Treasure Island>

Synonyms accurate, authentic, exact, precise, right, strict, true, veracious

Related Words lifelike, realistic; careful, conscientious, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous; authoritative; bona fide, genuine, real

Near Antonyms careless, slack, slipshod, slovenly

Antonyms false, imprecise, inaccurate, inauthentic, inexact, loose, unfaithful