true fact
Not a lie
A true fact is a fact—the adjective adds nothing, since facts are by definition true.
The phrase appears in emphatic contexts where someone insists on accuracy: True fact: honey never spoils.
It's common in casual speech and social media, often introducing surprising or counterintuitive information.
Linguists call this kind of redundancy a pleonasm.
- realityWhat actually exists
- genuineTruly what it claims
- authenticVerified as original
- verifiedConfirmed as accurate
- accurateConforming to fact
honest · undeniable · certain · evidence · proof · valid · real · for real · actual · real talk · confirmed · correct · straight up · indisputable · verifiable · absolute · gospel · certainty
- Redundanciestautology, pleonasm, redundancy, redundant phrase, added bonus
true factfalsehood
Deliberate untrue statement
lie · untruth · false statement · fabrication · misinformation
true factfiction
Imagined narrative work
myth · fantasy · invention · alternative facts · fairy tale
true factrumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
hearsay · hoax · pseudofact · misinformation · gossip
true, fact, truly, truth, truthful, truthfully, truthfulness, untrue, truism