'Faithful' definitions:
Definition of 'faithful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: unfaithful]
adjective
Marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" [syn: close, faithful]
adjective
Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife" [ant: unfaithful]
noun
Any loyal and steadfast following
noun
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful]
Definition of 'Faithful'
From: GCIDE
- Faithful \Faith"ful\, a.
- 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. [1913 Webster]
- You are not faithful, sir. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. [1913 Webster]
- The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. --Deut. vii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, by 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. [1913 Webster]
- So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. [1913 Webster]
- It is a faithful saying. --2 Tim. ii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.
- Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy. -- {Faith"ful*ly}, adv. -{Faith"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'faithful'
From: Easton
- Faithful as a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:17, etc.).
- It is used also of God's word or covenant as true and to be trusted (Ps. 119:86, 138; Isa. 25:1; 1 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 21:5; 22:6, etc.).
Synonyms of 'faithful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- accepted,
- accurate,
- acquiescent,
- active,
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- afire,
- approved,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- assured,
- at one with,
- attached,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- believing,
- breathing,
- burning,
- calculable,
- canonical,
- careful,
- certain,
- Christian,
- Christianlike,
- Christianly,
- close,
- committed,
- compliant,
- complying,
- confident,
- conforming,
- conjugal,
- conscientious,
- consistent,
- constant,
- continuing,
- conventional,
- convinced,
- convincing,
- correct,
- credible,
- cultish,
- cultist,
- cultistic,
- customary,
- dedicated,
- delicate,
- delineative,
- demonstrative,
- dependable,
- depictive,
- descriptive,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- direct,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- doubtless,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- earnest,
- enduring,
- evangelical,
- even,
- exact,
- expositive,
- express,
- expressive,
- faithworthy,
- fast,
- fastidious,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fideistic,
- fiery,
- filial,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicky,
- firm,
- flaming,
- fond,
- graphic,
- hearty,
- heated,
- honest,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- husbandly,
- immutable,
- impassioned,
- impressed with,
- in earnest,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- insistent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- invincible,
- just,
- languishing,
- lasting,
- law-abiding,
- liege,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- living,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- loyal,
- marble-constant,
- maternal,
- mathematical,
- melting,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- mindful,
- moral,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- never-tiring,
- nice,
- obedient,
- observant,
- obstinate,
- of the faith,
- on fire,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- parental,
- particular,
- passionate,
- paternal,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- perfect,
- perfervid,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- persuaded,
- pertinacious,
- pietistic,
- pinpoint,
- pious,
- pistic,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- positive,
- practicing,
- prayerful,
- precise,
- predictable,
- preoccupied,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- rapt,
- realistic,
- received,
- red-hot,
- refined,
- regardful,
- relentless,
- reliable,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- representative,
- resolute,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- right,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- romantic,
- satisfied,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scriptural,
- scrupulous,
- secure,
- sedulous,
- sentimental,
- serious,
- severe,
- sincere,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- soft,
- sold on,
- solemn,
- solid,
- sound,
- speaking,
- spirited,
- square,
- stable,
- standard,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- submissive,
- substantial,
- subtle,
- sure,
- surefire,
- tenacious,
- tender,
- tested,
- textual,
- theistic,
- thorough,
- tireless,
- to the life,
- traditional,
- traditionalistic,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- true,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true-blue,
- trusted,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- truthful,
- unabating,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- under the impression,
- undeviating,
- undiscouraged,
- undistorted,
- undoubtful,
- undoubting,
- undrooping,
- unerring,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- upright,
- utterly attentive,
- uxorious,
- valid,
- vehement,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- veracious,
- veridical,
- virtuous,
- vivid,
- warm,
- weariless,
- well-drawn,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- white-hot,
- wifely,
- willing,
- worshipful,
- zealous
Words containing 'Faithful'
- Faith,
- Faithed,
- Faithfully,
- Faithfulness,
- I' faith,
- The Faithful,
- on faith,
- Act of faith,
- Breach of faith,
- Confession of faith,
- Faith cure,
- Faith, NC,
- Faith, SD,
- Father of the Faithful,
- In good faith,
- To walk by faith,
- article of faith,
- bad faith,
- blind faith,
- defender of the faith,
- faith healing,
- faithful kamichi,
- faithful servant,
- good faith,
- keep faith,
- old faithful,
- proportion of faith,
- full faith and credit,
- To pin one's faith upon