faithfuladjective
uk/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/us/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/faithful adjective (LOYAL)
B2 firm and not changing in your friendship with or support for a person or an organization, or in your belief in your principles:
C2 If your husband, wife, or partner is faithful, he or she does not have a sexual relationship with anyone else:
to continue to support or follow something:
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- The band has a very large and faithful British following.
- Jim was a faithful, loving and considerate husband.
- That dog has been a faithful companion to me for ten years, and I will miss him dearly.
- The two women have been faithful friends ever since they met at university.
- I've been a faithful fan of the programme for as long as I can remember and never miss an episode.
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Loyal, faithful & dependable
- a man/woman of his/her word idiom
- a safe pair of hands idiom
- allegiance
- be as good as your word idiom
- be there for sb idiom
- faithfulness
- fealty
- fidelity
- fiduciary
- hand
- loyal
- paid-up
- stand
- staunchly
- straight
- straight arrow idiom
- the Pledge of Allegiance
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- word
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faithful adjective (ACCURATE)
true or not changing any of the details, facts, style, etc. of the original:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- bang
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- flat
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- many
- technically
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
- verbatim
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faithful adjective (RELIGIOUS)
following a particular religion:
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Religious people: believers & non-believers
- agnostic
- apophatic
- apostasy
- apostate
- atheist
- believer
- freethinker
- God-fearing
- godless
- hard core
- hard core
- heathen
- humanism
- parishioner
- pilgrim
- revisionism
- skeptic
- the laity
- theist
- unbeliever
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faithfulnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/us/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/faithful noun [ C ] (SUPPORTER)
someone who continues to support someone or something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Loyal, faithful & dependable
- a man/woman of his/her word idiom
- a safe pair of hands idiom
- allegiance
- be as good as your word idiom
- be there for sb idiom
- faithfulness
- fealty
- fidelity
- fiduciary
- hand
- loyal
- paid-up
- stand
- staunchly
- straight
- straight arrow idiom
- the Pledge of Allegiance
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- word
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faithfulnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/us/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/people who are always loyal to a particular group or organization, especially a political party:
the people who believe in a particular religion:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Loyal, faithful & dependable
- a man/woman of his/her word idiom
- a safe pair of hands idiom
- allegiance
- be as good as your word idiom
- be there for sb idiom
- faithfulness
- fealty
- fidelity
- fiduciary
- hand
- loyal
- paid-up
- stand
- staunchly
- straight
- straight arrow idiom
- the Pledge of Allegiance
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- word
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