Veracious
/vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 True.
"The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious."
- 2 Truthful; speaking the truth.
"Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man."
Adjective
- 1 precisely accurate wordnet
- 2 habitually speaking the truth wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious."
Etymology
From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).