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truth

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of truth

agreement with fact or reality

  • there is no truth to the rumor that the couple is getting a divorce
Synonyms of truth

facticity, factuality, sooth, trueness, verity
Words Related to truth

accuracy, accurateness, actuality, authenticity, correctness

credibility, honesty, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, veracity

dependability, reliability
Near Antonyms of truth

erroneousness, fallaciousness, fallacy

falsehood, fiction, half-truth, lie

impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, incorrectness, inexactitude, inexactness

deceit, dishonesty, equivocation, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, prevarication, untruthfulness
Antonyms of truth

falseness, falsity, untruth

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