truismnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtruː.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈtruː.ɪ.zəm/a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying:
As far as health is concerned, it's a truism that prevention is better than cure.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- gospel
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- reality
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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