Noun truth has 5 senses
  1. truth - a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
    --1 is a kind of
    fact
    --1 has particulars: home truth; verity
  2. truth, the true, verity - conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
    --2 is a kind of actuality
    Antonyms: falsity, falseness
  3. truth, true statement - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
    --3 is a kind of statement
    Antonyms: falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
    --3 has particulars: gospel, gospel truth; tautology; truism
  4. accuracy, truth - the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
    --4 is a kind of quality
    --4 has particulars: exactness, exactitude; fidelity
  5. Truth, Sojourner Truth - United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
    --5 is a kind of abolitionist, emancipationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber
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