strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant: faithful friends.
reliable, trusted, or believed.
adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an original; accurate: a faithful account; a faithful copy.
Obsolete. full of faith; believing.
noun
the faithful,
the believers, especially members of a Christian church or adherents of Islam.
the body of loyal members of any party or group.
Origin of faithful
First recorded in 1375–1425; see origin at faith, -ful
SYNONYMS FOR faithful
1, 3 true, devoted, staunch.
5 precise, exact.
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synonym study for faithful
3. Faithful,constant,loyal imply qualities of stability, dependability, and devotion. Faithful implies long-continued and steadfast fidelity to whatever one is bound to by a pledge, duty, or obligation: a faithful friend.Constant suggests firmness and steadfastness in attachment: a constant affection.Loyal implies unswerving allegiance to a person, organization, cause, or idea: loyal to one's associates, one's country.
He’d been sober for 25 years, he said, and faithful to his wife.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time|by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News|September 10, 2020|ProPublica
At Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, the faithful often hold up portraits of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, worshipping under the gleaming gold crescent on the Dome of the Rock that was paid for by Turkey.
Erdogan Pitches Himself as Muslim World’s New Leader|Charu Kasturi|September 10, 2020|Ozy
Another is that the square was designed to aid the faithful in contemplation, by providing a reminder of the presence of God.
The ancient palindrome that explains Christopher Nolan’s Tenet|Alissa Wilkinson|September 4, 2020|Vox
That said, they may have one option to rally both the Republican faithful and a few swing voters.
Why GOP Senators Are Sticking With Trump — Even Though It Might Hurt Them In November|Matt Grossmann (matt@mattg.org)|August 10, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If history is a guide, Huckabee will need to resonate with more than just the faithful if he is to win.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But she soldiered on to the end, a loving and faithful companion in victory and defeat.
Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush|Michael F. Bishop|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At every turn, they described their son as a faithful follower who had dedicated his life to easing the suffering of innocents.
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage|Shane Harris|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The presidential hopefuls fire up the faithful with promises to extend the Republican revolution to 2016, as Jeb Bush stays mum.
In Texas, Cruz, Perry Crow Over GOP Rout|Tim Mak|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The name infidel is not for us so long as we are faithful to the truth we know.
Annie Besant|Annie Besant
Morse was a faithful teacher and took as much interest in our progress as—more indeed than—we did ourselves.
The Age of Invention|Holland Thompson
On the 20th of March of that year the exile of Elba made an appeal to all faithful soldiers, and it was not made in vain.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur
She had been faithful to her marriage vow, till certain news of your death reached her.
Seven Frozen Sailors|George Manville Fenn
Seneschal, let our faithful yeoman have a cup of brandy; it will be more germain to the matter.'
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for faithful
faithful
/ (ˈfeɪθfʊl) /
adjective
having faith; remaining true, constant, or loyal
maintaining sexual loyalty to one's lover or spouse
consistently reliablea faithful worker
reliable or truthfula faithful source
accurate in detaila faithful translation
noun
the faithful
the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity