What does faithful mean?
Definitions for faithful
ˈfeɪθ fəlfaith·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
faithful(noun)
any loyal and steadfast following
congregation, fold, faithful(adj)
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
faithful(adj)
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"
close, faithful(adj)
marked by fidelity to an original
"a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
faithful(adj)
not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
"he remained faithful to his wife"
Wiktionary
faithful(Noun)
The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
The faithful pray five times a day.
faithful(Adjective)
loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
My dog is a very faithful dog.
faithful(Adjective)
having faith
Some people are faithful to their god.
faithful(Adjective)
reliable; worthy of trust
My servant is very faithful.
faithful(Adjective)
consistent with reality
I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
faithful(Adjective)
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.
Webster Dictionary
Faithful(adj)
full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God
Faithful(adj)
firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements
Faithful(adj)
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
Faithful(adj)
worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation
Editors Contribution
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
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'faithful' in Adjectives Frequency: #1027
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of faithful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of faithful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of faithful in a Sentence
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002:
God, I don't have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.
Whoever that worries over and over again is faithless or hopeless. Yes! if you're faithful or hopeful you shouldn't be worried about anything, no matter what battles you. ~Emeasoba George
We've waited two years for God to get justice for us on behalf of our son and, as always, God has proved to be faithful, we're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight.
I was aware that he loved women and that he probably should not have been married, he probably should have been a single guy because he was not the most faithful companion in the world. I was aware of that. I was aware of his love of photography… When home video came out in the mid-60s, he had to have one of the first units. I was aware of him taping women with their consent… It was always consensual. There was nothing hidden. There were no drugs. Both people wanted to be there.
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- مخلصArabic
- тоғроBashkir
- верныBelarusian
- вярващ, предан, правдив, верен, достоверенBulgarian
- fidel, lleialCatalan, Valencian
- věrnýCzech
- trofastDanish
- treuGerman
- πιστόςGreek
- fidelaEsperanto
- fiel, lealSpanish
- loyal, fidèleFrench
- dìleasScottish Gaelic
- נאמןHebrew
- वफादारHindi
- fidelaIdo
- ligio, fedele, affidabileItalian
- נאמןHebrew
- 忠実, 忠実なJapanese
- так, ишенчиликтүү, ишенимдүү, чынчыл, динге ишенгенKyrgyz
- fidelis, firmusLatin
- godprātīgsLatvian
- веренMacedonian
- getrouwDutch
- tro, etterrettelig, troende, trofastNorwegian
- wiernyPolish
- fielPortuguese
- заслуживающий доверия, надёжный, верующий, точный, верный, преданныйRussian
- fidele, fieli, fideliSardinian
- вјеран, vjeran, veran, веранSerbo-Croatian
- vernýSlovak
- zvestSlovene
- trogenSwedish
- விசுவாசமுள்ளTamil
- నమ్మకమైనTelugu
- sadıkTurkish
- віруючий, відданий, вірнийUkrainian
- وفادارUrdu
- 忠诚Chinese
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