veracious

[ vuh-rey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest:

   a veracious witness.

   Antonyms: mendacious

2. characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content:

   a veracious statement; a veracious account.

   Antonyms: mendacious

veracious

/ vɛˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. habitually truthful or honest
2. accurate; precise

Derived Forms

• veˈraciously, adverb
• veˈraciousness, noun

Other Words From

• ve·racious·ly adverb
• ve·racious·ness noun
• nonve·racious adjective
• nonve·racious·ly adverb
• nonve·racious·ness noun
• unve·racious adjective
• unve·racious·ly adverb
• unve·racious·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of veracious¹

First recorded in 1670–80; veraci(ty) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of veracious¹

C17: from Latin vērax, from vērus true

Example Sentences

"Without doubt; true demons incarnate," replied the veracious priest.

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He was so veracious a man, that it was said of him, after his death, ‘Truth died with Matyas.’

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As regards the great Roman people, we know nothing of them, which is at once archaic and veracious.

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We have been often compelled, in this veracious history, to reflect with harshness on certain traits of Mr. Linton's morality.

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But he remains, on the whole, pencil in hand, a wonderfully copious and veracious historian of his age and his civilization.

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