Definitions for faithful
ˈfeɪθ fəlfaith·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. faithfulnoun

   any loyal and steadfast following

2. congregation, fold, faithfuladjective

   a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

3. faithfuladjective

   steadfast in affection or allegiance

   "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

4. close, faithfuladjective

   marked by fidelity to an original

   "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

5. faithfuladjective

   not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend

   "he remained faithful to his wife"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. faithfulnoun

   The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

   The faithful pray five times a day.

2. faithfuladjective

   loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause

   My dog is a very faithful dog.

3. faithfuladjective

   having faith

   Some people are faithful to their god.

4. faithfuladjective

   reliable; worthy of trust

   My servant is very faithful.

5. faithfuladjective

   consistent with reality

   I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.

6. faithfuladjective

   engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner

   They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faithfuladjective

   Etymology: faith and full.

   1. Firm in adherence to the truth of religion.

   To the saints which are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus. Eph. i. 1.

   Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

   2. Of true fidelity; loyal; true to the allegiance or duty professed.

   I have this day receiv’d a traitor’s judgment,
   And by that name must die; yet, heav’n bear witness,
   And, if I have a conscience, let it sink me,
   Ev’n as the axe falls, if I be not faithful. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

   So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found;
   Among the faithless, faithful only he. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   3. Honest; upright; without fraud.

   My servant Moses is faithful in all mine house. Numb. xii.

   4. Observant of compact or promise; true to his contract; sincere; veracious.

   Well I know him;
   Of easy temper, naturally good,
   And faithful to his word. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faithful

   Faithful is a song performed by Go West. The song is the opening track on the band's fourth album Indian Summer and serves as the album's lead single. Written by the band and Martin Page and produced by Peter Wolf, the song reached the top 20 in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its highest chart position was in Canada, where it peaked at number two on the week of 6 February 1993. It also reached number three on the adult contemporary charts of both Canada and the United States.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. faithful

   Faithful generally refers to someone or something that is reliable, dependable, and trustworthy, showing unfailing and consistent loyalty, support, or allegiance. This can apply to various contexts such as relationships, religious devotion, or the accurate representation or reflection of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Faithfuladjective

   full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God

2. Faithfuladjective

   firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements

3. Faithfuladjective

   true and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant

4. Faithfuladjective

   worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. faithful

   To have faith.

   They had faith in their unity and love for each other and decided to get married sooner than planned.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FAITHFUL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Faithful is ranked #122314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Faithful surname appeared 141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Faithful.
   
   63.1% or 89 total occurrences were White.
   27.6% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
   3.5% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.5% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Following

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'faithful' in Adjectives Frequency: #1027

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1520","6"],["1524","10"],["1563","35"],["1564","2"],["1572","1"],["1575","16"],["1579","40"],["1581","24"],["1582","8"],["1587","13"],["1588","3"],["1589","3"],["1590","14"],["1592","2"],["1598","1"],["1607","41"],["1611","3"],["1620","12"],["1621","3"],["1623","2"],["1624","5"],["1626","5"],["1632","3"],["1634","1"],["1635","9"],["1637","19"],["1638","1"],["1642","2"],["1643","2"],["1644","26"],["1645","2"],["1647","33"],["1648","38"],["1649","16"],["1650","7"],["1651","16"],["1652","19"],["1653","7"],["1654","5"],["1655","10"],["1656","34"],["1657","6"],["1658","23"],["1659","13"],["1660","4"],["1661","6"],["1662","5"],["1663","11"],["1664","5"],["1665","15"],["1667","53"],["1668","71"],["1669","56"],["1670","67"],["1671","7"],["1672","31"],["1673","51"],["1674","4"],["1675","86"],["1676","127"],["1677","36"],["1678","175"],["1679","53"],["1680","33"],["1681","132"],["1682","275"],["1683","252"],["1684","115"],["1685","106"],["1686","70"],["1687","31"],["1688","58"],["1689","24"],["1690","22"],["1691","11"],["1692","123"],["1693","26"],["1694","88"],["1695","48"],["1696","45"],["1697","26"],["1698","156"],["1699","181"],["1700","202"],["1701","169"],["1702","263"],["1703","238"],["1704","271"],["1705","221"],["1706","272"],["1707","214"],["1708","384"],["1709","151"],["1710","269"],["1711","240"],["1712","215"],["1713","243"],["1714","435"],["1715","254"],["1716","438"],["1717","671"],["1718","267"],["1719","234"],["1720","616"],["1721","496"],["1722","603"],["1723","513"],["1724","400"],["1725","463"],["1726","415"],["1727","608"],["1728","522"],["1729","535"],["1730","577"],["1731","713"],["1732","497"],["1733","344"],["1734","477"],["1735","520"],["1736","548"],["1737","703"],["1738","735"],["1739","531"],["1740","527"],["1741","606"],["1742","594"],["1743","368"],["1744","599"],["1745","424"],["1746","344"],["1747","745"],["1748","810"],["1749","569"],["1750","611"],["1751","966"],["1752","505"],["1753","1031"],["1754","1011"],["1755","1376"],["1756","439"],["1757","774"],["1758","623"],["1759","1024"],["1760","883"],["1761","978"],["1762","396"],["1763","1179"],["1764","1001"],["1765","726"],["1766","1733"],["1767","790"],["1768","1239"],["1769","1148"],["1770","1106"],["1771","878"],["1772","994"],["1773","1059"],["1774","877"],["1775","1474"],["1776","966"],["1777","1056"],["1778","895"],["1779","798"],["1780","1291"],["1781","1272"],["1782","1286"],["1783","960"],["1784","1243"],["1785","1074"],["1786","997"],["1787","2148"],["1788","2658"],["1789","2452"],["1790","2151"],["1791","2399"],["1792","2043"],["1793","1747"],["1794","2149"],["1795","2044"],["1796","2621"],["1797","2295"],["1798","2468"],["1799","3090"],["1800","3840"],["1801","5508"],["1802","5391"],["1803","5652"],["1804","7087"],["1805","6637"],["1806","7462"],["1807","7295"],["1808","7690"],["1809","7348"],["1810","9977"],["1811","11273"],["1812","11349"],["1813","9420"],["1814","9832"],["1815","9640"],["1816","12471"],["1817","11664"],["1818","11426"],["1819","9447"],["1820","14493"],["1821","13030"],["1822","16648"],["1823","15620"],["1824","19874"],["1825","20619"],["1826","15479"],["1827","17769"],["1828","19592"],["1829","19164"],["1830","27855"],["1831","22861"],["1832","22676"],["1833","22602"],["1834","20533"],["1835","22453"],["1836","22550"],["1837","19720"],["1838","21803"],["1839","28198"],["1840","28267"],["1841","25937"],["1842","25747"],["1843","25624"],["1844","33698"],["1845","32410"],["1846","31083"],["1847","30404"],["1848","30971"],["1849","32128"],["1850","32248"],["1851","35066"],["1852","35449"],["1853","40308"],["1854","45801"],["1855","38955"],["1856","41036"],["1857","34287"],["1858","33444"],["1859","36751"],["1860","36939"],["1861","27558"],["1862","23161"],["1863","24453"],["1864","28198"],["1865","28039"],["1866","30183"],["1867","31519"],["1868","30943"],["1869","30502"],["1870","31100"],["1871","31115"],["1872","32560"],["1873","28931"],["1874","33906"],["1875","33051"],["1876","34903"],["1877","36638"],["1878","31678"],["1879","33083"],["1880","41229"],["1881","38329"],["1882","40267"],["1883","44452"],["1884","43452"],["1885","39046"],["1886","33227"],["1887","35617"],["1888","37045"],["1889","32635"],["1890","37424"],["1891","39245"],["1892","40310"],["1893","38426"],["1894","39451"],["1895","40065"],["1896","44308"],["1897","41669"],["1898","45998"],["1899","52186"],["1900","56219"],["1901","52430"],["1902","50589"],["1903","48770"],["1904","53327"],["1905","50102"],["1906","51040"],["1907","50252"],["1908","50047"],["1909","43933"],["1910","45492"],["1911","44037"],["1912","47067"],["1913","42236"],["1914","42027"],["1915","34148"],["1916","31148"],["1917","32117"],["1918","27078"],["1919","28839"],["1920","34388"],["1921","30026"],["1922","35943"],["1923","31523"],["1924","29897"],["1925","30028"],["1926","27126"],["1927","32822"],["1928","31543"],["1929","30903"],["1930","34108"],["1931","28638"],["1932","27811"],["1933","20296"],["1934","24953"],["1935","26007"],["1936","26398"],["1937","26340"],["1938","27220"],["1939","24085"],["1940","22731"],["1941","18918"],["1942","19644"],["1943","16869"],["1944","16308"],["1945","17635"],["1946","24898"],["1947","26283"],["1948","28591"],["1949","30852"],["1950","32071"],["1951","28204"],["1952","29340"],["1953","28336"],["1954","30301"],["1955","33113"],["1956","37238"],["1957","39511"],["1958","37667"],["1959","37823"],["1960","44020"],["1961","47290"],["1962","50597"],["1963","53871"],["1964","53812"],["1965","59329"],["1966","63400"],["1967","66750"],["1968","75350"],["1969","72987"],["1970","73443"],["1971","65101"],["1972","65467"],["1973","58849"],["1974","57763"],["1975","58026"],["1976","56633"],["1977","59427"],["1978","59836"],["1979","57963"],["1980","58924"],["1981","60195"],["1982","60906"],["1983","63945"],["1984","64134"],["1985","66946"],["1986","71784"],["1987","73869"],["1988","77741"],["1989","79953"],["1990","89001"],["1991","83180"],["1992","91946"],["1993","93634"],["1994","100962"],["1995","102550"],["1996","109718"],["1997","113151"],["1998","118429"],["1999","127547"],["2000","145165"],["2001","146901"],["2002","158178"],["2003","192540"],["2004","228295"],["2005","212260"],["2006","259331"],["2007","275311"],["2008","492678"]]

How to pronounce faithful?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say faithful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of faithful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of faithful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of faithful in a Sentence

1. Tammy Nelson:

   Sometimes, an affair is a result of an opportunity that comes at a moment of resentment, of instability in the marriage, or at a time when the cheating partner is feeling like they need an ego boost, however, afterwards, the cheater realizes they feel worse because they have violated their own implicit vow to be faithful, and the guilt usually forces them to confess.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   Your absolute faith and trust in someone, has the potential of turning a Satan into Saint. Try it always, if it doesn't work remember - an individual may let you down but mother nature will never. Have faith, don't compromise, MickeyMize. Share this for a faithful world.

3. Michelle Williams:

   I'm assuming a lot of relationships go through a period of time where one or more people get overwhelmed, you don't even know what it's like to have real love because I've had to fight so much in past relationships : fight to have a place, fight for you to see me, fight for you to love me, fight for you to be faithful. In this relationship I didn't have to do that, but I was so ready to fight.

4. Eliezer Rostran:

   He was going to release them, he asked,' Would David Rausch pray for me ?' They prayed, Jordan Stevens ' prayed... Some people don't care about God, but God is good, and is always faithful.

5. Jeremy Taylor:

   God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown of all faithful souls) for those who have not defiled themselves with women.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=faithful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faithful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=faithful
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithful
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faithful
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=faithful