Synonyms of truthfulness

truthfulness

noun

as in integrity

devotion to telling the truth

because I privately questioned the truthfulness of the seller, I had an independent mechanic check out the vehicle before I agreed to purchase it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• integrity
• honesty
• sincerity
• reliability
• veracity
• authenticity
• credibility
• verity
• probity
• reliableness
• truth
• accuracy
• trustworthiness
• objectivity
• frankness
• scrupulousness
• forthrightness
• dependability
• incorruptibility
• righteousness
• straightforwardness
• uprightness
• ingenuousness
• guilelessness
• rectitude
• candor
• honorableness
• artlessness
• good faith
• candidness
• genuineness
• scrupulosity
• correctness
• right-mindedness
• honor
• trustability
• trustiness
• plainspokenness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lying
• untruthfulness
• dishonesty
• deceit
• hypocrisy
• deception
• mendacity
• duplicity
• falsity
• insincerity
• deceitfulness
• falseness
• dissimulation
• smoothness
• fakery
• crookedness
• artifice
• dissembling
• mendaciousness
• double-dealing
• perfidy
• dupery
• cunning
• unscrupulousness
• trickery
• slipperiness
• slyness
• cozenage
• guile
• insidiousness
• underhandedness
• furtiveness
• indirection
• slickness
• craftiness
• wiliness
• cunningness
• oiliness
• prevarication
• exaggeration
• beguilement
• equivocation
• two-facedness
• treacherousness
• inaccuracy
• fraudulentness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of truthfulness

Asked to fill a tip form with an example, the model wrote what a tip typically sounds like, with no regard for the truthfulness of its content. — Anat Lior, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

There is an emphatic truthfulness to the story and the performances that anchor it, which is both refreshing and innovative. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026

Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that. — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026