Synonyms of truthful

truthful

adjective

ˈtrüth-fəl 

as in honest

being in the habit of telling the truth

a truthful youngster who wouldn't just make up a story like that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honest
• outspoken
• reliable
• veracious
• credible
• true
• conscientious
• genuine
• candid
• plain
• frank
• forthright
• unaffected
• forthcoming
• direct
• believable
• earnest
• moral
• guileless
• trustworthy
• plainspoken
• openhearted
• artless
• unpretentious
• scrupulous
• open
• dependable
• unpretending
• principled
• veritable
• free-spoken
• out-front
• aboveboard
• freehearted
• trusty
• trustable
• foursquare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• untruthful
• dishonest
• false
• lying
• mendacious
• untrue
• fallacious
• unreliable
• unbelievable
• unscrupulous
• untrustworthy
• fibbing
• prevaricating
• hypocritical
• undependable
• pretending
• insincere
• deceptive
• duplicitous
• evasive
• deceitful
• artful
• sly
• tricky
• treacherous
• wily
• devious
• slippery
• sneaky
• slick
• underhanded
• dissembling
• dissimulating
• posing
• bluffing
• equivocating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of truthful

At one point Gentile agreed to submit to a polygraph examination, presumably to demonstrate his denials were truthful. —Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026

Does that make not being truthful with Kathy okay? —Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

As both an advanced acting student and my Teaching Assistant for our TAPA Intro to Acting course, Jillian demonstrates a mastery of craft paired with a natural intuition that makes her work truthful, specific, and deeply human. —Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026

As a condition of his plea to the Second-Degree Murder case, Jarvis Butts was required to give a truthful statement regarding the body of Na'Ziyah Harris. —Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026