Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veracious

/vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: ve-ra-cious
IPA: /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Truthful; speaking the truth.

Example Sentences

"The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious."
""It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour.""
"Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man."

Etymology

From Latin vērāx (“truthful”) + -acious, from vērus (“true”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *weh₁-, vērāx
Suffix: acious

Inflected Forms

more veracious (comparative) most veracious (superlative)

Derived Forms

inveracious unveracious veraciously veraciousness

Frequently Paired Words

veracity

Synonyms

veridical right

Homonyms

voracious

Antonyms

false falsidical dishonest

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

How do you pronounce veracious?: The recorded pronunciation is /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/.
What does veracious mean?: True.
Where does veracious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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