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

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

Contra Zola, Gérôme’s talents as a draftsman, combined with his slick finishes and his touches of veracity in costume and design, show how style was just as important to him as any subject. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 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

In an ironic twist, the veracity of a book about how AI impacts truth was now under intense scrutiny because of how its author had used AI. — Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 29 May 2026

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