Meaning
Faithful means loyal, reliable, or true to a person, belief, or duty. It can also mean accurate or exact in reproducing something.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Adjective
- Comparative: more faithful
- Superlative: most faithful
- Noun form: faithfulness
- Adverb form: faithfully
Typical patterns
- faithful to + noun → loyal to someone or something e.g., He remained faithful to his wife for fifty years.
- a faithful copy / reproduction → accurate or exact version
Common Phrases
- faithful friend – a loyal and dependable friend
- faithful servant – someone who serves with loyalty
- faithful companion – a devoted partner or pet
- faithful copy – an exact and reliable version of something
- remain faithful to – to continue to support or believe in someone/something
Collocations
- verb + faithful: remain faithful, stay faithful, prove faithful
- noun + faithful: the faithful (followers or believers), a faithful servant
- adverb + faithful: truly faithful, deeply faithful
Examples
- She has always been faithful to her principles.
- He is a faithful husband who never forgets his anniversary.
- This is a faithful reproduction of the original painting.
- The dog followed its owner faithfully wherever he went.
- Despite the challenges, he remained faithful to his mission.
- The faithful fans waited outside the stadium all night.
- A faithful friend is hard to find.
- They were faithful believers in the power of kindness.
- His faithfulness won him the trust of everyone.
- The translator provided a faithful version of the text.
Synonyms or Related
- loyal
- devoted
- trustworthy
- reliable
- true
Antonym
- unfaithful
- disloyal
- unreliable
- false