Meanings
adjectivegood as one's word (not comparable)
- not comparablesimileFaithful to a promise one has made.
He said he'd pay me back this week, and he was as good as his word.
Synonyms: true to one's word
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFaithful to a promise one has made.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 重然諾 /重然诺
- 重然諾 /重然诺 (zhòngránnuò)faithful to a promise
Finnish sanansa mittainen
- sanansa mittainenfaithful to a promise
French de parole
- de parolefaithful to a promise
Icelandic standa við orð sín, láta ekki sitja við orðin tóm
- standa við orð sínfaithful to a promise
- láta ekki sitja við orðin tómfaithful to a promise
Polish słowny
- słownyfaithful to a promise
Russian сдержа́ть сло́во
- сдержа́ть сло́во (sderžátʹ slóvo)faithful to a promise
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