Dictionary Definition
veracious adj
1 habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man";
"a veracious witness" [syn: honest]
2 precisely accurate; "a veracious account"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Latin verax, verac-, etc. Truthful, true.Adjective
- Of or pertaining to be truthful.
- The politician's statement was proven to be veracious by all who examined it.
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
actual,
ascertained,
attested, authenticated,
categorically true, certain, certified, confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, determined, direct, documentary, effectual, established, factual, historical, not in error,
objectively true, proved,
real, substantiated,
sure-enough, true, true as
gospel, true-meaning, true-speaking, true-tongued, truth-bearing,
truth-declaring, truth-desiring, truth-filled, truth-guarding,
truth-loving, truth-passing, truth-speaking, truth-telling,
truthful, unconfuted, undeceitful, undeceptive, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, valid, validated, veridical, verified, veritable