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Synonyms & Antonyms of veritable
formal
true or real
—used to emphasize a description
- The island is a veritable paradise.
- The sale attracted a veritable mob of people.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for veritable
- absolute,
- all-out,
- arrant,
- blank,
- blooming
- [chiefly British],
- bodacious
- [Southern & Midland],
- categorical
- (also categoric),
- clean,
- complete,
- consummate,
- cotton-picking,
- crashing,
- damn,
- damned,
- dead,
- deadly,
- definite,
- downright,
- dreadful,
- fair,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- perfect,
- plumb,
- profound,
- pure,
- rank,
- regular,
- sheer,
- simple,
- stark,
- stone,
- straight-out,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- total,
- unadulterated,
- unalloyed,
- unconditional,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- utter,
- very
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for veritable
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“Veritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veritable. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.
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