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

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

And that was even subject to dispute after viewers called into question the veracity of the time. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026

Instead of simply quoting an original source without the full context of the surrounding information, the users can choose whether or not to follow the link and better understand the veracity of the author’s claim or statement. — Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

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