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truthful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of truthful

being in the habit of telling the truth

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

Synonyms of truthful

honest, veracious

Words Related to truthful

candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken

believable, credible, true, veritable

artless, earnest, genuine, guileless, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious

conscientious, moral, principled, scrupulous

aboveboard, dependable, reliable, trustworthy, trusty

Near Antonyms of truthful

fallacious, false, untrue

unbelievable, undependable, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy

bluffing, dissembling, dissimulating, duplicitous, equivocating, hypocritical, insincere, posing, pretending

artful, deceitful, deceptive, devious, evasive, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily

Antonyms of truthful

dishonest, fibbing, lying, mendacious, prevaricating, untruthful

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