veracious

• Adjectif signifiant véridique ou honnête ; rare en anglais moderne.

An adjective meaning truthful or honest; now rarely used in modern English.

1. Truthful and honestC2formal

   Habitually speaking the truth; honest and trustworthy.

   véridique

   • She is a veracious witness who never lies.
   • A veracious person is always respected in the community.
   • His veracious account of the events convinced the jury.

   Synonymescandidfrankhonestsincerestraightforwardtrustworthytruthfulveridical

   Antonymesdeceitfuldishonestfalselyingmendaciousuntruthful

2. Precisely accurateC2formal

   Conforming to fact; exactly correct or true.

   Exact, conforme à la vérité

   • The historian provided a veracious description of the battle.
   • This is a veracious copy of the original document.
   • The data must be veracious for the experiment to be valid.

   Synonymesaccuratecorrectexactfactualfaithfulprecisestricttruetruthful

   Antonymeserroneousfallaciousfalseinaccurateincorrectinexactuntruewrong