Synonyms for faithful
ˈfeɪθ fəl

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. faithful(noun)

   any loyal and steadfast following

   Synonyms:
   fold, congregation

   Antonyms:
   punic, perfidious, apostate, unfaithful, cheating(a), inaccurate, two-timing(a), adulterous, untrue, treacherous

2. congregation, fold, faithful(adj)

   a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

   Synonyms:
   flock, flexure, sheepcote, crease, plica, folding, fold, congregating, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication

   Antonyms:
   punic, cheating(a), unfaithful, perfidious, treacherous, apostate, untrue, adulterous, two-timing(a), inaccurate

3. faithful(adj)

   steadfast in affection or allegiance

   "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

   Synonyms:
   close

   Antonyms:
   untrue, unfaithful, two-timing(a), perfidious, cheating(a), apostate, punic, treacherous, adulterous, inaccurate

4. close, faithful(adj)

   marked by fidelity to an original

   "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

   Synonyms:
   skinny, tightlipped, cheeseparing, snug, penny-pinching, stuffy, airless, nigh, close-fitting, close, tight, confining, closemouthed, near, unaired, secretive, closelipped

   Antonyms:
   punic, untrue, inaccurate, unfaithful, perfidious, adulterous, apostate, cheating(a), treacherous, two-timing(a)

5. faithful(adj)

   not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend

   "he remained faithful to his wife"

   Synonyms:
   close

   Antonyms:
   inaccurate, unfaithful, apostate, untrue, perfidious, punic, adulterous, two-timing(a), treacherous, cheating(a)

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. faithful

   A person is faithful who will keep faith, whether with or without power to aid or serve; a person or thing is trusty that possesses such qualities as to justify the fullest confidence and dependence. We may speak of a faithful but feeble friend; we say a trusty agent, a trusty steed, a trusty sword.

   Synonyms:
   devoted, firm, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering

   Antonyms:
   capricious, faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, wavering

   Preposition:
   Faithful in service; to duty; to comrade or commander; faithful among the faithless.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. faithful

   Synonyms:
   true, firm, attached, loyal, accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact, equivalent, staunch, incorruptible

   Antonyms:
   false, fickle, capricious, wavering, inaccurate, untrue, faithless, inexact

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. faithful(a.)

   Synonyms:
   trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal

2. faithful(a.)

   Synonyms:
   truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be relied on, to be depended upon

3. faithful(a.)

   Synonyms:
   exact, strict, conscientious, accurate, close, nice

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. faithful(a)

   Synonyms:
   true, constant, stanch, unwavering, devoted, loyal, trustworthy, reliable, conscientious, exact, accurate, precise

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "faithful":

   loyal, fiel, true, trusty, fidèle, fidelity, faithfully, staunch, accurate, congregation, scrupulous, loyalty, believers

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How to use faithful in a sentence?

1. Charles Peguy:

   The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors.

2. Aesop:

   Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

3. Michael Wadleigh:

   I think we were pretty faithful, but another filmmaker might have chosen to film all love songs and not really gone for the politics. But that was what I wanted to do.

4. Emeasoba George:

   Faith is a strong belief that all things are possible. Oh! yes, all things are possible with God and time. Thus, you've got to believe just that. For, until you believe undoubtedly, you are faithless and never faithful. -Emeasoba George

5. Soren Kierkegaard:

   In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love.

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