- having or showing continuing allegiance
- faithful to one's country, government, etc
- of or expressing loyalty
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
loy•al /ˈlɔɪəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- faithful to one's government or one's country:a loyal subject.
- faithful to one's oath or obligations:loyal to a vow.
- faithful to a person or thing thought to deserve it:a loyal friend.
loy•al
(loi′əl),USA pronunciation adj.
loy′al•ly, adv.
loy′al•ness, n.
- faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:a loyal subject.
- faithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations:to be loyal to a vow.
- faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity:a loyal friend.
- characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc.:loyal conduct.
- Latin lēgālis legal
- Middle French, Old French loial, le(i)al
- 1525–35
loy′al•ness, n.
- 1. patriotic. 2. See faithful.
- 1. faithless, treacherous.
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loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ adj
'loyal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Achates
- Aleppo
- constant
- disloyal
- Dobbyn
- faithful
- leal
- liege
- liegeman
- loyalty
- man Friday
- Nicholson
- opposition
- people
- staunch
- true
- true-blue
- well-affected
- whip
- yeomanly
- allegiant
- brotherly
- chip
- Cordelia
- devoted
- disloyalty
- false
- fast
- fickle
- fidelity
- foil
- good
- gung-ho
- hang
- janissary
- loom
- loyalist
- Loyal Order of Moose
- mentor
- moose
- pass
- quasi-loyal
- recreant
- rooter
- treacherous
- trig
- trouper
- true blue
- truehearted
- yeoman