faithful
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
Example
“My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.”
Other meanings
Reliable; worthy of trust.
“My servant is very faithful.”
Consistent with reality.
“I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.”
Related words
- nonfaithful
- overfaithful
- unfaithful
- faithful as a dog
- faithfully
- faithfulness
- faithful functor
- fully faithful
- site-faithful
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "feithful".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “faithful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.