truth-telling

ADJECTIVE

truthful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

believable candid correct factual forthright precise realistic reliable sincere straightforward true trustworthy

WEAK

exact faithful frank guileless ingenuous just kosher legit like it is literal on the level on the up and up open outspoken plainspoken real righteous scrupulous square straight true-blue unfeigned unreserved veracious veritable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deceitful devious dishonest false imprecise inaccurate incorrect inexact insincere tricky unreliable untrustworthy untruthful

WEAK

hypocritical lying

Example Sentences

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Truth-telling and athletic greatness are not inextricably linked.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2015

Truth-telling presents a far harder problem, as we have seen.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

Truth-telling was a part of Rupert's truculent temper, although, as the boy had often bitterly remarked, it had always "told agin' him."

From Cressy by Harte, Bret

Truth-telling, though it often gives offence, an essential duty from friend to friend.

From De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Truth-telling is as much a habit as lying is.

From Religious Education in the Family by Cope, Henry Frederick

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