Synonyms of veridical

veridical

adjective

as in real

Related Words

• real
• genuine
• bona fide
• authoritative
• careful
• realistic
• meticulous
• conscientious
• accurate
• scrupulous
• lifelike
• authentic
• punctilious
• precise
• faithful
• exact
• true
• veracious
• right
• strict

Dissimilar Words

• false
• inaccurate
• loose
• corrupt
• unfaithful
• imprecise
• erroneous
• inexact
• careless
• inauthentic
• wrong
• incorrect
• corrupted
• slack
• untrue
• unsound
• invalid
• off
• slovenly
• slipshod
• untruthful

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of veridical

There appears to be a close relationship between the brain areas responsible for veridical, imagined, and hallucinatory perception, though more data is needed. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

Unless, that is, there is a veridical image imprinted in the victims’ mind/brain, one which can be extracted using a method that depends simultaneously on the necessity of speech and the impossibility of its communicating the truth. — Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021

People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception. — Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2019

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