veracious
[adjective]
Synonyms: truthful, true-tongued, truth-speaking, truth-telling, veridical, true, faithful, just, right, strict, undistorted

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Antonyms: unveracious
Contrasted words: equivocal, deceitful, dishonest, insincere, false, untruthful, illusory, invalid, wrong
Related Words: direct, undeceitful, undeceptive, unquestionable, valid

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

veracious adjective. [vǝ'reɪʃǝs] Chiefly formal. L17.
[from Latin verac-, verax, from verus true: see -ACIOUS.]
1. Habitually speaking or disposed to speak the truth; truthful, honest. L17.
■ Dickens The testimony of the two veracious and competent witnesses.

2. Of a statement etc.: conforming to truth or honesty; true, accurate. L18.
■ S. Johnson Is not my soul laid open in these veracious pages?

3. That estimates or judges truly or correctly. rare. M19.

■ veraciously adverb E19.

■ veraciousness noun M19.

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