loyalty
Syllables: loy·al·ty/ˈlɔɪəlti/
loyalty noun: the state of being loyal; fidelity.
Noun
loyalty (countable and uncountable, plural loyalties)
- The state of being loyal; fidelity.
- brand loyalty
- Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
- He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.
- Over the violence and the proud loyalties, over the sold-out-ness and the cruel indifference, there is light reclothing us in a kind of strange innocence.2007, Michael P. Knowles, The Folly of Preaching: Models and Methods
loyalty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
loyalty in Hindi
- the state of being loyal; fidelity
- निष्ठा niṣṭhā, वफ़ा vafā
loyalty in Tamil
- நேர்மை பிறழாத, பற்றுறுதித்தன்மை சார்ந்த, பற்றுறுதி
loyalty in Marathi
- निष्ठा, निष्ठावंतपणा
loyalty in Urdu
- the state of being loyal; fidelity
- وَفا vafā, وَفاداری vafādārī, صَداقَت sadāqat
More languagesFewer languages
- loyalty in Bengali
- আনুগত্য, বিশ্বস্ততা
- loyalty in Telugu
- విధేయత, విధేయత్వం
- loyalty in Malayalam
- കൂറ്, വഴക്കം, ഭക്തി, പക്ഷം
- loyalty in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾಮಿನಿಷ್ಠೆ, ಸ್ವಾಮಿಭಕ್ತಿ, ನಿಷ್ಠಾವಂತಿಕೆ, ನಿಯತ್ತು
- loyalty in Punjabi
- ਵਫ਼ਾਦਾਰੀ
- loyalty in Gujarati
- વફાદારી, નિષ્ઠા
- loyalty in Odia
- ଆନୁଗତ୍ଯ଼, ବିଶ୍ୱସ୍ତତା
- loyalty in Nepali
- वफादारी, निष्ठा, वफादारता
- loyalty in Pashto
- وفا wafã, وفاداري wafādārí
- loyalty in Arabic
- وَفَاء wafāʔ, إِخْلَاص ʔiḵlāṣ
- loyalty in Malay
- kesetiaan
- loyalty in Indonesian
- kesetiaan
- loyalty in Thai
- ความซื่อสัตย์ kwaam-sʉ̂ʉ-sàt, ความซื่อ kwaam-sʉ̂ʉ, ความภักดี kwaam-pák-dii
- loyalty in Vietnamese
- lòng trung thành
- loyalty in Myanmar
- သစ္စာ sacca
Examples of loyalty in a sentence
- That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.
- His accomplishments, morals, loyalty, and stature make him a respectable person.
- We've never even seen a flutter in the loyalty of the MacKenzie clan.
Synonyms of loyalty
Antonyms
Forms of loyalty
| plural | loyalties |
|---|---|
| alternative Scotland (archaic) | lealty |
| alternative form (archaic) | loialty |
| alternative form (obsolete) | loyaltie |
Origin of loyalty
From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty.
Words formed from loyalty
Phrases with loyalty
Questions about loyalty
- What does loyalty mean?
- Loyalty means the state of being loyal; fidelity.
- What is loyalty in Hindi?
- Loyalty in Hindi is निष्ठा (niṣṭhā), वफ़ा (vafā). See Loyalty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is loyalty?
- Loyalty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce loyalty?
- Loyalty is pronounced /ˈlɔɪəlti/.
- What is the plural of loyalty?
- The plural of loyalty is loyalties.
Words near loyalty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: loyalty (page history and authors); loyalty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loyalty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loyalty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loyalty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loyalty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); loyalty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loyalty (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loyalty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loyalty (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loyalty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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