What does faithful mean?
Word: Faithful
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Faithful means always true to a person, a promise or a duty, never letting them down.
Synonyms: true, devoted
Antonyms: disloyal, unfaithful
How do you spell faithful?
Syllables: faith - ful
Tricky part: The vowel sound is spelt ai, as in rain, so fathful and faythful are wrong.
Watch out for: fathful, faythful, faihtful
Memory tip: Faith has the same ai as rain: picture a faithful dog waiting at the gate for you, even in the rain.
Faithful in a sentence
Example 1: Our dog Moti is a faithful friend who waits at the gate every evening.
Example 2: Ramesh has been a faithful helper to our family for twenty years.
Example 3: She stayed faithful to her promise.
Fun Fact
Old Faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park, USA, named because it shoots hot water into the air at fairly regular times.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
faith
a) ful
b) full
c) fel
d) fool
Show answer
a) ful. As an ending, full loses an l: faith + ful.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
faithful
a) fearful
b) loyal
c) careless
d) false
Show answer
b) loyal. A loyal friend is a faithful one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) faithful
b) gentel
c) promis
d) honist
Show answer
a) faithful. Honest has an e after the n, gentle ends in le and promise ends in ise, so faithful is the one spelt right.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
faitthful
a) h
b) a
c) t
d) i
Show answer
c) t. Faith has one t, just before the h.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which story shows a faithful friend?
a) Mohit tells Ali's secret to the whole class.
b) Mohit plays with Ali only when he has new toys.
c) Mohit visits Ali every day while Ali is ill.
d) Mohit stops talking to Ali after a fight.
Show answer
c) Mohit visits Ali every day while Ali is ill.
2. An artist made a faithful copy of a famous painting. What is the copy like?
a) It was made far faster than the real one.
b) It is much bigger than the real one.
c) It has brighter colours than the real one.
d) It looks just like the real one.
Show answer
d) It looks just like the real one.
