noun · 4 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:/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A statement which merely appears to be true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: truthiness
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semblance, gloss, color, colour
History
Etymology
From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
правдоподо́бност
(pravdopodóbnost)
— property of seeming true
Catalan:
versemblança
— property of seeming true
Dutch:
waarschijnlijkheid
— property of seeming true
Dutch:
waarachtigheid
— property of seeming true
Esperanto:
verosimila
— property of seeming true
Finnish:
todellisuuden mukaisuus
— property of seeming true
Finnish:
totuudenmukaisuus
— property of seeming true
French:
verisimilitude
— property of seeming true
Georgian:
დამაჯერებლობა
(damaǯerebloba)
— property of seeming true
German:
Wahrheitsähnlichkeit
— property of seeming true
German:
Wahrheitsnähe
— property of seeming true
German:
Realitätsnähe
— property of seeming true
German:
Authentizität
— property of seeming true
German:
Wirklichkeitsnähe
— property of seeming true
Hungarian:
valószerűség
— property of seeming true
Hungarian:
élethűség
— property of seeming true
Latin:
verisimilitudo
— property of seeming true
Macedonian:
веро́јатност
(verójatnost)
— property of seeming true
Norwegian:
sannhetsnærhet
— property of seeming true
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sanningsnærleik
— property of seeming true
Portuguese:
verossimilhança
— property of seeming true
Romanian:
verosimilitate
— property of seeming true
Romanian:
verosimilitudine
— property of seeming true
Russian:
правдоподо́бие
(pravdopodóbije)
— property of seeming true
Spanish:
verosimilitud
— property of seeming true
Dutch:
schijnwaarheid
— statement which merely appears to be true
Dutch:
gelijkenis met de werkelijkheid
— statement which merely appears to be true
Finnish:
näennäistotuus
— statement which merely appears to be true
German:
Scheinwahrheit
— statement which merely appears to be true
