faithful B1 Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ See IPA manual Freq #4688 Meanings 1 adj Loyal and able to be trusted over time. She was rewarded for years of faithful service. 2 adj Having sexual relations only with your husband, wife, or partner. They had been faithful to each other all their married life. 3 adj Accurately matching the original; true to reality. The film is a faithful reproduction of the novel. Thesaurus Word family Forms faithfullerfaithfulsunfaithful Derived forms faithfullyfaithfulnessnonfaithfuloverfaithfulsite-faithfulunfaithful Related forms true Common collocations faithful service Adjective + noun faithful rendering Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful. feithful Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # faithful **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ **Frequency rank:** 4688 ## Meanings 1. Loyal and able to be trusted over time. 2. Having sexual relations only with your husband, wife, or partner. 3. Accurately matching the original; true to reality. ## Examples - She was rewarded for years of faithful service. - They had been faithful to each other all their married life. - The film is a faithful reproduction of the novel. ## Derived Forms - faithfully - faithfulness - nonfaithful - overfaithful - site-faithful - unfaithful ## Related Forms - true ## Roots and Affixes - Root: feithful ## Etymology From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful. ## AI Etymology Faithful comes from Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful. In current use, the main senses are “Loyal and able to be trusted over time” and “Having sexual relations only with your husband, wife, or partner”. ## Topics - Family & Relationships markdown