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单词 faithful
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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:

a faithful friend
They are faithful supporters of the Labour Party.
His faithful old dog accompanied him everywhere he went.

C2 If your husband, wife, or partner is faithful, he or she does not have a sexual relationship with anyone else:

Was your wife faithful during your marriage?
He was faithful to his wife throughout their 30-year marriage.
remain faithful to sth

to continue to support or follow something:

He remained faithful to the regime when so many others spoke out against it.
Despite persecution, she remained faithful to her beliefs.

More examples

  • 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.

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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faithful adjective (ACCURATE)

true or not changing any of the details, facts, style, etc. of the original:

She gave a faithful account of what had happened on that night.
I have tried to keep my translation as faithful as possible to the original book.

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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True, real, false, and unreal

faithful adjective (RELIGIOUS)

following a particular religion:

faithful Christians
faithful followers of Buddhism

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

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:

He gave a rousing speech to a room full of party faithfuls (= faithful supporters of a political party).

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/
the faithful

people who are always loyal to a particular group or organization, especially a political party:

They asked for donations from the party faithful.

the people who believe in a particular religion:

We heard bells calling the faithful to prayer.

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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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Religious people: believers & non-believers
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