truth
Roget category 494
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#494.
[Object of knowledge.]
Truth
noun
fact,
reality
etc.
(existence)
1 —
plain fact,
plain matter of fact —
nature
etc.
(principle)
5 —
truth,
verity —
gospel,
gospel truth,
God's honest truth —
orthodoxy
etc.
983.1;
authenticity —
veracity
etc.
543 —
correctness,
correctitude†.
accuracy,
exactitude —
exactness,
preciseness
etc.
adj. —
precision,
delicacy —
rigor,
mathematical precision,
punctuality —
clockwork precision
etc.
(regularity)
80 —
conformity to rule —
nicety.
orthology† —
ipsissima verba [Lat.] —
realism.
plain truth,
honest truth,
sober truth,
naked truth,
unalloyed truth,
unqualified truth,
stern truth,
exact truth,
intrinsic truth —
nuda veritas [Lat.] —
the very thing —
not an illusion
etc.
495 —
real Simon Pure —
unvarnished tale,
unvarnished truth —
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth —
just the thing.
verb
be true
etc.
adj.,
be the case —
sand the test —
have the true ring —
hold good,
hold true,
hold water.
render true,
prove true
etc.
adj. —
substantiate
etc.
(evidence)
467.
get at the truth
etc.
(discover)
480.1.
adjective
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1 —
veritable,
true —
right,
correct —
certain
etc.
474 —
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c. —
true to the letter,
true as gospel —
unimpeachable —
veracious
etc.
543 —
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted† —
unideal†,
unimagined —
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so —
strict,
severe —
close
etc.
(similar)
17 —
literal —
rigid,
rigorous —
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939 —
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific —
faithful,
constant,
unerring —
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine —
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate —
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling —
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored —
in its true colors —
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded —
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid —
undistorted,
undisguised —
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
adverb
truly
etc.
adj. —
verily,
indeed,
really,
in reality —
with truth
etc.
(veracity)
543 —
certainly
etc.
(certain)
474 —
actually
etc.
(existence)
1 —
in effect
etc.
(intrinsically)
5.
exactly
etc.
adj. —
ad amussim [Lat.] —
verbatim,
verbatim et literatim [Lat.] —
word for word,
literally,
literatim [Lat.],
totidem vervis [Lat.],
sic,
to the letter,
chapter and verse,
ipsissimis verbis [Lat.] —
ad unguem [Lat.] —
to an inch —
to a nicety,
to a hair,
to a tittle,
to a turn,
to a T —
au pied de la lettre [Fr.] —
neither more nor less —
in every respect,
in all respects —
sous tous les rapports [Fr.] —
at any rate,
at all events —
strictly speaking.
phrase
the truth is,
the fact is —
rem acu tetigisti [Lat.] —
en suivant la verite [Fr.] —
ex facto jus oritur [Lat.] —
la verita e figlia del empo [It] —
locos y ninos dicen la verdad [Sp.],
crazy people and children tell the truth —
nihil est veritatis luce dulcius [Lat.]
[Cicero];
veritas nunquam perit [Lat.]
[Seneca];
veritatem dies aperit [Lat.]
[Seneca];
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth;"
just the facts, ma'am, just the facts"
[Dragnet].
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