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veracity

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/
  • General-American: /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æsɪti
  • homophone: voracity (one pronunciation)
  • CMU ARPABET: V ER0 AE1 S IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Act of being exact and accurate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

unwillingness to tell lies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: mendacity

Broader terms: truthfulness

History

Etymology

From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”) (whence -acity), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صِدْق (ṣidq) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Bulgarian: правди́вост (pravdívost) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Catalan: veracitat — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Czech: pravdomluvnost — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Danish: oprigtighed — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Esperanto: vereco — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Finnish: todenmukaisuus — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Finnish: totuudenmukaisuus — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • French: véracité — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Galician: veracidade — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Georgian: სიმართლე (simartle) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Georgian: უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • German: Aufrichtigkeit — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Greek: ειλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Polish: prawdomówność — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Polish: wiarygodność — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Portuguese: veracidade — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Russian: правди́вость (pravdívostʹ) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Spanish: veracidad — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Swedish: sanning — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Swedish: uppriktighet — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Tagalog: katotohanan — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Telugu: బొంకమి (boṅkami) — (of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness
  • Bulgarian: истина (istina) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Czech: pravdivost — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Danish: sandhed — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • French: vérité — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Galician: verdade — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Georgian: სიმართლე (simartle) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Georgian: უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Greek: αλήθεια (alítheia) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Polish: prawda — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Portuguese: verdade — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Russian: пра́вда (právda) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Swedish: sanning — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Ottoman Turkish: حقیقت (hakikat) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek) — something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth
  • Bulgarian: достоверност (dostovernost) — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Czech: věrohodnost — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Finnish: todenmukaisuus — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Finnish: totuudenmukaisuus — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • French: exactitude — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Galician: exactitude — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Greek: ακρίβεια (akríveia) — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Greek: ορθότητα (orthótita) — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Polish: prawdziwość — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision
  • Swedish: sanningsenlighet — agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision