loyal
Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
Example
“Dogs are very loyal animals, which is why they make wonderful pets.”
Other meanings
Firm in allegiance to a person or institution; allegiant.
Faithful to a person or cause.
“We must remain loyal to the mission.”
Related words
- loyalise
- loyalism
- loyalization
- loyalize
- loyalness
- nonloyal
- overloyal
- semiloyal
- superloyal
- ultraloyal
- unloyal
- loyal toast
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "lēgālis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “loyal” 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.