1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false
   "the true meaning of the statement"; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"
    
2. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
   "true grief";
   - genuine, unfeigned
    
3. Expressing or given to expressing the truth
   "a true statement";
   - truthful
    
4. Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause, concept or truth
   "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
    
5. Conforming to definitive criteria
   "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
    
6. Rightly so called
   "a true friend"; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"
    
7. In tune; accurate in pitch
   "a true note";
   - on-key
    
8. Accurately fitted; level
   "the window frame isn't quite true";
   - straight
    
9. Accurately placed or thrown
   "his aim was true";
   - dead on target
    
10. Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
    "true north is geographic north"
     
11. Having a legally established claim
    "the true and lawful king";
    - lawful, rightful
     
12. Worthy of reliance or trust
    "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me";
    - reliable, dependable, honest

1. As acknowledged
   "true, she is the smartest in her class";
   - admittedly, avowedly, confessedly

1. Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
   "out of true"

1. Make level, square, balanced, or concentric
   "true up the cylinder of an engine";
   - true up

Derived forms: trued, trueing, truer, trues, truest, truing

See also: accurate, actual, apodeictic, apodictic, certain, correct, echt, even, faithful, genuine, geographic, geographical, harmonious, honest, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], legitimate, literal, real, right, sincere, straight-up [informal], sure, tested, the true, time-tested, tried, tried and true, trueness, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, truth, truthful, typical, undeviating, veracious, verity

Type of: adjust, align, alignment, aline [non-standard], line up

Antonym: false, untruthful

Encyclopedia: True, WI