adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 33 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
tro͞o
/tɹuː/
[t̠ɹ̠̊˔wu̠ː]
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
archaic:/tɹjuː/
dialectal:/tɹɪʊ̯/
rhymes with -uː
CMU ARPABET:T R UW1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
true sparrows (Passer)
true spiders
true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)
The true bugs are those of the order Hemiptera; and, by some lights, most truly those of the suborder Heteroptera.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
adv
Meaning 13
Accurately; in alignment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: throwing etc
Examples
This gun shoots true.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
adv
Meaning 14
Truthfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
name
Meaning 15
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
name
Meaning 16
An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
name
Meaning 17
A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
18
name
Meaning 18
A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
noun
Meaning 19
The state of being in alignment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
noun
Meaning 20
Truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
noun
Meaning 21
A pledge or truce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
22
verb
Meaning 22
To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
23
verb
Meaning 23
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We spent all night truing up the report.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
adjective
Meaning 24
expressing or given to expressing the truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a true statement
gave truthful testimony
a truthful person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: truthful
Antonyms: none provided
25
adjective
Meaning 25
consistent with fact or reality; not false- B. Russell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the story is true
it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true
the true meaning of the statement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: false
26
adjective satellite
Meaning 26
accurately placed or thrown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his aim was true
he was dead on target
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dead on target
Antonyms: none provided
27
adjective satellite
Meaning 27
accurately fitted; level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the window frame isn't quite true
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: straight
Antonyms: none provided
28
adjective satellite
Meaning 28
devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
29
adjective satellite
Meaning 29
in tune; accurate in pitch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a true note
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: on-key
Antonyms: none provided
30
adjective satellite
Meaning 30
conforming to definitive criteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the horseshoe crab is not a true crab
Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
31
adverb
Meaning 31
as acknowledged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
true, she is the smartest in her class
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
Antonyms: none provided
32
noun
Meaning 32
proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
out of true
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alignment
33
verb
Meaning 33
make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
true up the cylinder of an engine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: true up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: align, aline, line up, adjust
History
Etymology
From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh2yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Variant of truce.
Across languages
Translations
389 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
аиаша
(ajaŝa)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Acehnese:
beuna
— concurring with a given set of facts
Albanian:
vërtetuar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Amharic:
እውነተኛ
(ʾəwnätäña)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Arabic:
حَقّ
(ḥaqq)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Arabic:
صَحِيح
(ṣaḥīḥ)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Arabic:
صَادِق
(ṣādiq)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Arabic:
حقيقي
(ḥaʔīʔi)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Aramaic:
שרירא
(sharīrā, sharīro)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Aramaic:
שרירתא
(sharīrtā, sharīrto)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Aramaic:
ܫܪܝܪܐ
(sharīrā, sharīro)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Aramaic:
ܫܪܝܪܬܐ
(sharīrtā, sharīrto)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Armenian:
ճիշտ
(čišt)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Armenian:
իրական
(irakan)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Assamese:
আচল
(asol)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Assamese:
সঁচা
(xõsa)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Asturian:
verdaderu
— concurring with a given set of facts
Azerbaijani:
doğru
— concurring with a given set of facts
Azerbaijani:
düzgün
— concurring with a given set of facts
Azerbaijani:
həqiqi
— concurring with a given set of facts
Bashkir:
ысын
(ısın)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Basque:
egiazko
— concurring with a given set of facts
Belarusian:
ве́рны
(vjérny)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Belarusian:
сапра́ўдны
(sapráwdny)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Belarusian:
праўдзі́вы
(prawdzívy)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Bhojpuri:
सांच
(sāñc)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Breton:
gwir
— concurring with a given set of facts
Bulgarian:
ве́рен
(véren)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Bulgarian:
и́стински
(ístinski)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Bulgarian:
правди́в
(pravdív)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Burmese:
ဟုတ်
(hut)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Catalan:
vertader
— concurring with a given set of facts
Catalan:
veritable
— concurring with a given set of facts
Chamicuro:
akachelo'ta
— concurring with a given set of facts
Cherokee:
ᎤᏙᎯᏳ
(udohiyu)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Chinese Mandarin:
真
(zhēn)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Chinese Mandarin:
真實 /真实
(zhēnshí)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Chuukese:
ennet
— concurring with a given set of facts
Cornish:
gwir
— concurring with a given set of facts
Czech:
pravdivý
— concurring with a given set of facts
Danish:
sand
— concurring with a given set of facts
Dutch:
echt
— concurring with a given set of facts
Dutch:
waar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Esperanto:
vera
— concurring with a given set of facts
Estonian:
päris
— concurring with a given set of facts
Estonian:
tõeline
— concurring with a given set of facts
Fijian:
dina
— concurring with a given set of facts
Finnish:
tosi
— concurring with a given set of facts
Finnish:
tosi-
— concurring with a given set of facts
Finnish:
totuudenmukainen
— concurring with a given set of facts
French:
vrai
— concurring with a given set of facts
Friulian:
vêr
— concurring with a given set of facts
Galician:
verdadeiro
— concurring with a given set of facts
Georgian:
ნამდვილი
(namdvili)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Georgian:
მართალი
(martali)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Georgian:
ჭეშმარიტი
(č̣ešmariṭi)
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
wahr
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
echt
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
richtig
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
zutreffend
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
stimmig
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
wahrheitsgemäß
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
wahrhaftig
— concurring with a given set of facts
German:
korrekt
— concurring with a given set of facts
Gothic:
𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃
(sunjis)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Greek:
αληθινός
(alithinós)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ἀληθής
(alēthḗs)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ἀληθινός
(alēthinós)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ὤν
(ṓn)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ἐτεός
(eteós)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ἐτήτυμος
(etḗtumos)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ἔτυμος
(étumos)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ancient Greek:
ὀρθός
(orthós)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Haitian Creole:
vre
— concurring with a given set of facts
Hebrew:
נכון
(nakhón)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Higaonon:
bunal
— concurring with a given set of facts
Hindi:
ठीक
(ṭhīk)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Hindi:
सच
(sac)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Hindi:
सही
(sahī)
— concurring with a given set of facts
White Hmong:
tseeb
— concurring with a given set of facts
Hungarian:
igaz
— concurring with a given set of facts
Icelandic:
sannur
— concurring with a given set of facts
Indonesian:
benar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ingrian:
tosi
— concurring with a given set of facts
Iranun:
benar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Irish:
fíor
— concurring with a given set of facts
Italian:
vero
— concurring with a given set of facts
Japanese:
真実の
(shinjitsu-no)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Japanese:
本当な
(hontō-na)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Kapampangan:
tutu
— concurring with a given set of facts
Khmer:
ពិត
(pɨt)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Khmer:
ពិតមែន
(pɨt mɛɛn)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Korean:
참되다
(chamdoeda)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Korean:
바르다
(bareuda)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Korean:
진실의
(jinsirui)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Latin:
vērus
— concurring with a given set of facts
Latvian:
patiess
— concurring with a given set of facts
Lombard:
ver
— concurring with a given set of facts
Malay:
benar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Māori:
pono
— concurring with a given set of facts
Maranao:
benar
— concurring with a given set of facts
Maranao:
betol
— concurring with a given set of facts
Maranao:
totoo
— concurring with a given set of facts
Mongolian:
үнэн
(ünen)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Occitan:
vertadièr
— concurring with a given set of facts
Odia:
ଠିକ
(ṭhika)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Southern Ohlone:
amane
— concurring with a given set of facts
Old English:
sōþ
— concurring with a given set of facts
Persian:
صحیح
(sahih)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Persian:
درست
(dorost)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Piedmontese:
ver
— concurring with a given set of facts
Polish:
prawdziwy
— concurring with a given set of facts
Polish:
istny
— concurring with a given set of facts
Portuguese:
verdadeiro
— concurring with a given set of facts
Quechua:
chiqa
— concurring with a given set of facts
Romanian:
adevărat
— concurring with a given set of facts
Russian:
ве́рный
(vérnyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Russian:
и́стинный
(ístinnyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Russian:
правди́вый
(pravdívyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Sardinian:
beru
— concurring with a given set of facts
Scottish Gaelic:
fìor
— concurring with a given set of facts
Serbo-Croatian:
istinit
— concurring with a given set of facts
Serbo-Croatian:
pravi
— concurring with a given set of facts
Serbo-Croatian:
istinito
— concurring with a given set of facts
Serbo-Croatian:
pravo
— concurring with a given set of facts
Sicilian:
veru
— concurring with a given set of facts
Slovene:
resničen
— concurring with a given set of facts
Spanish:
cierto
— concurring with a given set of facts
Spanish:
verdadero
— concurring with a given set of facts
Spanish:
verídico
— concurring with a given set of facts
Spanish:
verífico
— concurring with a given set of facts
Spanish:
vero
— concurring with a given set of facts
Swedish:
sann
— concurring with a given set of facts
Sylheti:
ꠢꠣꠌꠣ
(hasa)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tagalog:
totoo
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tamil:
உண்மையான
(uṇmaiyāṉa)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tày:
cà rình
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tày:
ca rại
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tetum:
loos
— concurring with a given set of facts
Thai:
จริง
(jing)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tibetan:
བདེན་པ
(bden pa)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tocharian B:
empreṃ
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tocharian B:
trik-
— concurring with a given set of facts
Tok Pisin:
tru
— concurring with a given set of facts
Turkish:
gerçek
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ottoman Turkish:
كرچك
(gerçek)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ukrainian:
ві́рний
(vírnyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ukrainian:
і́стинний
(ístynnyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Ukrainian:
правди́вий
(pravdývyj)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Urdu:
ٹھیک
(ṭhīk)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Urdu:
سچ
(sac)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Urdu:
صحیح
(sahīh)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Venetan:
vero
— concurring with a given set of facts
Vietnamese:
thật
— concurring with a given set of facts
Vietnamese:
phải
— concurring with a given set of facts
Volapük:
veratik
— concurring with a given set of facts
Walloon:
vraiy
— concurring with a given set of facts
Welsh:
gwir
— concurring with a given set of facts
Yiddish:
אמת
(emes)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Yiddish:
אמתדיק
(emesdik)
— concurring with a given set of facts
Zazaki:
raştıkên
— concurring with a given set of facts
Armenian:
իրական
(irakan)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Catalan:
vertader
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Catalan:
cert
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Chinese Mandarin:
真
(zhēn)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Czech:
pravdivý
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Dutch:
waar
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Finnish:
tosi
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
French:
vrai
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
German:
wahr
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Greek:
αληθής
(alithís)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Hebrew:
חיובי
(hiyúvi)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Hungarian:
igaz
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Irish:
fíor
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Japanese:
真
(shin)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Korean:
참
(cham)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Latin:
vērus
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Norwegian:
sann
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Persian:
درست
(dorost)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Polish:
prawdziwy
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Portuguese:
verdadeiro
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Romanian:
adevărat
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Russian:
и́стина
(ístina)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Russian:
ве́рный
(vérnyj)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Russian:
и́стинный
(ístinnyj)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Russian:
правди́вый
(pravdívyj)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Serbo-Croatian:
istinito
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Slovene:
resnično
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Slovene:
resnica
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Spanish:
verdadero
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Swedish:
sann
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Thai:
จริง
(jing)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Tibetan:
བདེན་པ
(bden pa)
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Turkish:
doğru
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Volapük:
veratik
— state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result