Dictionary Definition
veritable adj
1 often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass
of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine" [syn:
regular(a),
veritable(a)]
2 not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic
signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique";
"photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" [syn: authentic, bona fide,
unquestionable]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /vεritæbl/ /vErit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aboveboard, absolute, actual, all-embracing,
all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, ascertained, attested, authentic, authenticated, bona fide,
born, broad-based,
categorically true, certain, certified, clean, clear, comprehensive, confirmed, congenital, consummate, corroborated, de facto,
deep-dyed, demonstrated, determined, documentary, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
effectual, egregious, established, exhaustive, factual, fair and square, for
real, foursquare,
genuine, good-faith,
historical,
honest-to-God, indubitable, intensive, legitimate, not in error,
objectively true, omnibus, omnipresent, on the level,
on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard,
out-and-out, outright,
perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, positive, proved, pure, radical, real, regular, sheer, single-hearted, square, square-dealing,
square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting,
substantial,
substantiated,
sure-enough, sweeping,
thorough, thoroughgoing,
through-and-through, total, true, true as gospel, truthful, ubiquitous, unconditional, unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, universal, unmistaken, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestionable, unrefuted, unreserved, unrestricted, up-and-up,
utter, validated, veracious, verified, very, virtual, wholesale