Synonyms of veracity

veracity

noun

və-ˈra-sə-tē 

1

as in integrity

devotion to telling the truth

her innate veracity is beyond question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• integrity
• honesty
• truthfulness
• reliability
• sincerity
• authenticity
• credibility
• verity
• probity
• reliableness
• accuracy
• truth
• objectivity
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• scrupulousness
• rectitude
• frankness
• incorruptibility
• ingenuousness
• candor
• forthrightness
• righteousness
• straightforwardness
• correctness
• uprightness
• good faith
• candidness
• honorableness
• scrupulosity
• guilelessness
• genuineness
• artlessness
• honor
• right-mindedness
• trustability
• trustiness
• plainspokenness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lying
• dishonesty
• deceit
• untruthfulness
• mendacity
• falsity
• deception
• hypocrisy
• duplicity
• falseness
• deceitfulness
• insincerity
• fakery
• smoothness
• dissimulation
• artifice
• dissembling
• double-dealing
• trickery
• mendaciousness
• cozenage
• slipperiness
• crookedness
• perfidy
• cunning
• guile
• dupery
• wiliness
• indirection
• furtiveness
• insidiousness
• slickness
• unscrupulousness
• craftiness
• slyness
• equivocation
• underhandedness
• oiliness
• prevarication
• exaggeration
• cunningness
• inaccuracy
• treacherousness
• beguilement
• two-facedness
• fraudulentness

2

as in accuracy

the quality or state of being very accurate

I challenge the veracity of many of the quotations in his memoirs, for he recreates conversations that occurred decades ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accuracy
• precision
• preciseness
• perfection
• fidelity
• exactness
• truth
• exactitude
• definiteness
• rigor
• accurateness
• definitiveness
• fineness
• correctness
• rigorousness
• nicety
• rightness
• closeness
• delicacy
• ultraprecision
• strictness
• subtlety
• determinacy
• meticulousness
• fastidiousness
• definitude
• carefulness
• care
• persnicketiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inaccuracy
• roughness
• approximation
• imprecision
• coarseness
• roundness
• falsity
• inexactness
• incorrectness
• wrongness
• falseness
• inexactitude
• impreciseness
• carelessness
• guesswork
• looseness
• vagueness
• indefiniteness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of veracity

Cameron said crime writers should incorporate the technology into their stories, and not merely for veracity’s sake. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

Garmin News has published an image that purports to be a render of the upcoming wearable, although that site itself admits the veracity of this leak is uncertain. — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

On social media, many refused to believe the veracity of a photo his office released that included the front page of the sports section of the Washington Post. — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

While the veracity of those statements is, at best, questionable, the final entry in the saga of games going to space features Microsoft’s AR HoloLens technology. — William Worrall, Space.com, 30 May 2026

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