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truther

Syllables: truth·erUK/ˈtɹuːθə/US/ˈtɹuθɚ/

truther noun: someone who tells the truth.

Noun

truther (plural truthers)

  1. (US, colloquial) Someone who tells the truth.
    • A liar can't begin to start the riots a truther can.1915 July 14, Daily Leader
  2. (US, colloquial) Someone who believes that the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
    • [signed] 9/11 Truther2005 February 14, "Gold9472", “BREAKING NEWS: Dick Cheney Behind 9/11 Attacks - MUST READ - PLEASE”, in talk.politics.theory (Usenet), retrieved 29 Jan 2019, message-ID...
    • Therefore, virtually every press release or statement about 9/11 should include a reference to the poll to show people that many Americans are 9/11 truthers who scoff at the 9/11 Commission as a fraud and that demand a real 9/11 investigation.2006, George Washington, Social Proof, George Washington's Blog, 26 May
  3. (broadly) A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant event, fact, etc.
    • For instance, "truthers" who believe in a US government conspiracy to destroy the pentagon2013, D. Wittkower, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy
    • Rather, believers of this conspiracy theory (known as Sandy Hook “truthers”) propose that the entire event might have been staged by Homeland Security and FEMA[2014, Lori Badura, Tell It Like It Isn't, page 226
  4. (humorous, slang) An advocate, especially for a headcanon.

truther meaning in Tamil

truther in Tamil

உண்மையறிந்தோர்

Examples of truther in a sentence

  • The Iranian president is even a "truther," insisting that there was a hidden hand behind Sept. 11, 2001.2009 September 20, David Ignatius, “Reading Iran by the Letter”, in The Washington Post:
  • I am calling your attention to it because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our advantage.2014, Ralph Cinque, “A review of the trailer of James Lambert's new film”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet):

Synonyms of truther

Forms of truther

pluraltruthers
alternative formtroofer

Origin of truther

From truth + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (“supporter”). For sense 2, directly from name of the 9/11 Truth movement.

Words formed from truther

Questions about truther

What does truther mean?
Truther means someone who tells the truth.
What is truther in Tamil?
Truther in Tamil is உண்மையறிந்தோர். See Truther meaning in Tamil.
How do you use truther in a sentence?
The Iranian president is even a "truther," insisting that there was a hidden hand behind Sept. 11, 2001.
What part of speech is truther?
Truther is a noun.
How do you pronounce truther?
Truther is pronounced /ˈtɹuθɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of truther?
The plural of truther is truthers.

Words near truther in the dictionary

  1. truthed
  2. truthen
  3. truthened
  4. truthening
  5. truthens
  6. truther
  7. trutherism
  8. truthers
  9. truthful
  10. truthfully
  11. truthfulness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truther (page history and authors); truther (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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