veracious
/vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
veracious adjective: true.
Adjective
veracious (comparative more veracious, superlative most veracious)
- True.
- The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.
- "It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour."1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 321
- Synonyms:
- veridical
- Antonyms:
- false, falsidical
- 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.1864, Sheridan Le Fanu, Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling
- Synonyms:
- veridical
- Antonyms:
- dishonest, falsidical
veracious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
veracious in Tamil
- வாய்மையுடைய, உண்மையே பேசுகிற, உண்மையே உரைக்க முற்படுகிற
veracious in Urdu
- راست گو, صادق, سچا, ٹھیک
veracious in Bengali
- সত্যবাদী, নির্ভরযোগ্য
veracious in Malayalam
- സത്യം പറയുന്ന, സത്യസന്ധമായ, യഥാർത്ഥ
More languagesFewer languages
- veracious in Kannada
- ಯಥಾರ್ಥವಾದ, ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ, ಸತ್ಯಶೀಲ
Synonyms of veracious
Antonyms
Forms of veracious
| comparative | more veracious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most veracious |
Origin of veracious
From Latin vērāx (“truthful”) + -acious, from vērus (“true”).
Words formed from veracious
Words that rhyme with veracious
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about veracious
- What does veracious mean?
- Veracious means true.
- What is veracious in Tamil?
- Veracious in Tamil is வாய்மையுடைய, உண்மையே பேசுகிற, உண்மையே உரைக்க முற்படுகிற. See Veracious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is veracious?
- Veracious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce veracious?
- Veracious is pronounced /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/.
Words near veracious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: veracious (page history and authors); veracious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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