loyal
Other forms: loyalest; loyaler
If you are faithful and devoted to someone or something, you're loyal. If you refuse to buy milk from anyone other than Farmer Jones, then you're a very loyal customer.
Someone who is loyal is reliable and always true, like your trusty dog. Loyal comes from the Old French word loial which means something like "legal," but if someone is only loyal to you because the law requires him to be, that's not true loyalty, which should come from the heart, not a contract. A loyal friend supports you all the time, no matter what. You can also be loyal to an idea, like the People's Revolution, or girl-power.
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steadfast in allegiance or duty“loyal subjects”“loyal friends stood by him”
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allegiant
steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government)
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doglike
resembling a dog; especially in devotion
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hard-core, hardcore
intensely loyal
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leal
faithful and true
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liege
owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
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true-blue
marked by unswerving loyalty
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patriotic
inspired by love for your country
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disloyal
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
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faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful
having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
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insurgent, seditious, subversive
in opposition to a civil authority or government
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mutinous
consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny
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rebellious
participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
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recreant, renegade
having deserted a cause or principle
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disloyal, unpatriotic
showing lack of love for your country
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allegiant
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inspired by love for your country
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synonyms:
patriotic
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chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic
fanatically patriotic
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disloyal, unpatriotic
showing lack of love for your country
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disloyal
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
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un-American
considered contrary to the best interests of the United States
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chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic
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unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
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