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faith·ful (fāt̸hfəl)

adjective

  1. keeping faith; maintaining allegiance; constant; loyal faithful friends
  2. marked by or showing a strong sense of duty or responsibility; conscientious faithful attendance
  3. accurate; reliable; exact a faithful copy
  4. Obsolete full of faith, esp. religious faith

Etymology: ME

faithful Related Forms

faith·fully adverb faith·ful·ness noun

faithful Idioms

the faithful

  1. the true believers (in any specified religion)
  2. the loyal adherents or supporters

faithful Synonyms

faithful

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faithful Synonyms

faithful

n.

adherents of a faith, loyal members, believers, true believers, followers, supporters, congregation, the saved, the believing, the children of God.

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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