Standard Lemma guide

verity

name · noun · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvɛɹɪti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V EH1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: V EH1 R IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from English derived from the Latin for truth; one of the Puritan virtue names.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A true statement; an established doctrine.

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

an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truth

5

noun

Meaning 5

conformity to reality or actuality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they debated the truth of the proposition
  • the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
  • he was famous for the truth of his portraits
  • he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: truth, the true, trueness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: actuality

History

Etymology

From Middle English verite, from Anglo-Norman verité or Middle French verité, from Old French verité, from Latin vēritās, from the adjective vērus (“true”).