faithful Definition
faith·ful (fāt̸h′fəl)
adjective
- keeping faith; maintaining allegiance; constant; loyal faithful friends
- marked by or showing a strong sense of duty or responsibility; conscientious faithful attendance
- accurate; reliable; exact a faithful copy
- Obsolete full of faith, esp. religious faith
Etymology: ME
faithful Related Forms
faithful Idioms
the faithful
- the true believers (in any specified religion)
- the loyal adherents or supporters
faithful Synonyms
faithful
modif.
faithful Synonyms
faithful
n.
faithful implies steadfast adherence to a person or thing to which one is bound as by an oath or obligation a faithful wife; loyal implies undeviating allegiance to a person, cause, institution, etc. which one feels morally bound to support or defend a loyal friend; constant suggests freedom from fickleness in affections or loyalties a constant lover; staunch (or stanch) implies such strong allegiance to one's principles or purposes as not to be turned aside by any cause a staunch defender of the truth; resolute stresses unwavering determination, often in adhering to one's personal ends or aims resolute in one's decision
faithful Usage Examples
Converse of object
- remain: The important point is to remain faithful to the primary source material.
- summon: Nothing on the outside tells you what on earth to expect inside no minarets, no bells to summon the faithful.
- stay: Stay faithful to the one who made the universe.
- rally: Here, in Gray's Inn Road, Irving rallied the faithful.
Modifies a noun
- servant: It is encouraging to find faithful servants of our Lord.
- follower: Throughout his life Bowyer remained a faithful follower of the Baptist church.
- reproduction: Please note; the printed page will not be a faithful reproduction of the web page.
- hound: In vain was all Llywelyn's grief: he could not bring his faithful hound to life again.
- companion: In short, a faithful companion that wants to be by your side.
- remnant: The churches will continue to empty, until there is just the faithful remnant, and most of them will be over forty-five!
Used with adjective complement
- remain: For the most part, the game has remained faithful to the legendary movie.
- stay: The High Kings of Tara The Gaels or Celts stayed faithful to the goddess through her sacred marriage to the king.
Noun used with modifier
- gop: Several state insurance is dealing with can afford the the gop faithful.
- ye: Rutter O come, all ye faithful - Wade, arr.
- O: Same Tone Let us rejoice, O ye faithful, for the annual memorial of Botolph is come again.
- thou: Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- party: Then, to lift the spirits of the party faithful: Oh, What a Friend we have in Gordon.
Modifying Another Word
remarkably: Those that know say that the Wachowskis ' adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's original graphic novel is remarkably faithful.
Preposition: in
prayer: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Preposition: of
prelature: The faithful of the Prelature join by a contractual commitment rather than by vows.
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