truthy
English
/ˈtɹuːθi/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Faithful; true.
- (US) Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts.
- (computing) Evaluating to true in a Boolean context.
Etymology
Suffix from English truth.
Origin
English
truth
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitruth English
- biotruth English
- countertruth English
- half-truth English
- mistruth English
- nontruth English
- post-truth English
- semitruth English
- supertruth English
- tell-truth English
- true English
- truth English
- truthaphobia English
- truthbearer English
- truthen English
- truther English
- truthful English
- truthify English
- truthiness English
- truthless English
- truthlike English
- truthly English
- truthmaker English
- truthmaking English
- truthness English
- truthology English
- truthseeker English
- truthsome English
- truthteller English
- truthtelling English
- truthward English
- truthwards English
- untruth English
- untruthiness English
- trouthe Middle English
- true
- truth
- untruth
- truthen
- truthly
- truther
- truthful
- nontruth
- mistruth
- truthify
- biotruth
- truthness
- truthlike
- truthless
- semitruth
- truthward
- truthsome
- antitruth
- truthmaker
- half-truth
- truthology
- truthiness
- truthwards
- supertruth
- tell-truth
- post-truth
- truthmaking
- truthseeker
- truthbearer
- truthteller
- truthaphobia
- untruthiness
- countertruth
- truthtelling