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true
Synonyms and Antonyms of true
- His claim that he's the heir to the throne of Greece can't be true.
for real
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, mock, phony (also phoney), pseudo, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, unauthentic, unreal
- If that is true, then we can't get in without a key.
on target, on the money
- The true scope of this environmental problem is far greater than anyone imagined.
attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, valid, validated, verified
incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable
believable, convincing, literal, realistic, unmistakable, verifiable
authentic, bona fide, real-life, real-world
absolute, certain, final, hard, objective, palpable, positive, substantial, tangible
- He will be true to his word.
- It's not a true reproduction of the painting because the original is much larger.
- May our love for one another always be true!
artless, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed
spontaneous, unforced, unstudied
candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded
exploitable, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, unwary
on the level
critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary
cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced
arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily
affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
- That news story is completely true, for the station released a list of its sources to back it up.
hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic)
apocryphal, unauthentic, undocumented
chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginary, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), pretend
- a true friend when you need one
- Paleontologists are still debating whether the fossil is that of a true dinosaur or a precursor.
archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, normal, regular, representative, standard, typical
uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted
distinctive, especial, exceptional, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, remarkable, singular, special, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unpredictable
eccentric, idiosyncratic, peculiar, unorthodox
curious, odd, oddball, offbeat, outlandish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out
bizarre, fantastic (also fantastical), far-out, freak, freakish, kooky (also kookie), out-of-the-way, outrageous, rare, unnatural, weird, wild
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