truths
What's actually so
Truths is the plural of truth—facts, realities, or statements that accord with what is actual.
People speak of universal truths, hard truths, or uncomfortable truths.
The word often carries weight beyond mere facts, suggesting deeper or more significant insights: She told him some truths he didn't want to hear.
To speak truth to power uses the singular; to catalog multiple insights requires truths.
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- transparencyState of being see-through
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
openness · veracity · authenticity · genuineness · integrity · directness · bluntness · confession
Verifiable pieces of truth
- realityWhat actually exists
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- proofDemonstration of truth
- verificationProving something accurate
data · accuracy · validity · authenticity · confirmation · corroboration · substantiation · documentation
Accepted starting principles
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrinesCodified belief systems
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- propositionsStatements asserted for consideration
postulates · universals · absolutes · maxims · precepts · self-evident · eternal · immutable
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
illumination · realization · epiphany · nirvana · satori · dharma · gospel · sacred
Meaningfully indicative
- speakingOral expression of language
- utteringProducing audible words
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- proclaimingAnnouncing something formally
declaring · stating · voicing · assertions · statements · claims · whole · partial
Accepted truths, personal
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- realizationsMoments of sudden understanding
- perspectivesAttitudes toward situations
lived · subjective · inner · emotional · self-discovery · authenticity · identity · meaning
sincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- transparencyState of being see-through
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
frankness · openness · veracity · authenticity · genuineness · integrity · directness · bluntness · confession · admission
facts
Verifiable pieces of truth
verification · data · accuracy · validity · authenticity · confirmation · corroboration · substantiation · documentation · findings
axioms
Accepted starting principles
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrinesCodified belief systems
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
propositions · postulates · universals · absolutes · maxims · precepts · self-evident · eternal · immutable · fundamental
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
wisdom · illumination · realization · epiphany · nirvana · satori · dharma · gospel · sacred · divine
telling
Meaningfully indicative
- speakingOral expression of language
- utteringProducing audible words
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
proclaiming · declaring · stating · voicing · assertions · statements · claims · whole · partial · unspoken
beliefs
Accepted truths, personal
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- realizationsMoments of sudden understanding
perspectives · lived · subjective · inner · emotional · self-discovery · authenticity · identity · meaning · purpose
- truthsfacts, fact, reality, verity, verities
- Wisdom & Wordsfamous quotes, wise sayings, maxims, aphorisms, proverbs
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- utterancesutterance, statements, exclamation, assertion, questions
- wisdomwisdom, sagacity, sapience, discernment, insight
- realitiesfacts, existence, actuality, being, phenomena
truthslies
Deliberate untruths
falsehoods · untruths · falsities · fabrications · misinformation
truthsdishonesties
Plural acts of deceit
pretenses · facades · deceptions · deceits · affectations
- tell the truthCommunicate facts honestly
- to tell the truthPreface signaling honesty
- truth or dareChoose confession or challenge
- moment of truthDecisive instant of revelation
- stretch the truthDistort facts mildly
- whole truthComplete, unvarnished account
truth, truthful, truthiness, untruth, truthfulness, untruthful, truthfully, untruthfulness, untruthfully