veraciousness C2+ Topic:Describing People US /vəˈreɪʃəsnəs/ UK /vəˈreɪʃəsnəs/ See IPA manual Homophones voraciousness /vəˈreɪʃəsnəs/ Meanings 1 noun the quality of being truthful and honest The witness's veraciousness was never once called into question. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... truthfulnesshonestyveracitysinceritycandor ↔ Opposites dishonestymendacityfalsehooddeceit Word family Related forms veraciousveracityverity Etymology AI details From 'veracious' + '-ness'. 'Veracious' derives from Latin 'verax' (stem 'verac-', 'truthful'), from 'verus' ('true'). verax Latin verus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # veraciousness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /vəˈreɪʃəsnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /vəˈreɪʃəsnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being truthful and honest ## Examples - The witness's veraciousness was never once called into question. ## Synonyms - truthfulness - honesty - veracity - sincerity - candor ## Antonyms - dishonesty - mendacity - falsehood - deceit ## Related Forms - veracious - veracity - verity ## Roots and Affixes - Root: verax - Root: verus ## Etymology From 'veracious' + '-ness'. 'Veracious' derives from Latin 'verax' (stem 'verac-', 'truthful'), from 'verus' ('true'). ## AI Etymology Veraciousness comes from 'veracious' + '-ness'. 'Veracious' derives from Latin 'verax' (stem 'verac-', 'truthful'), from 'verus' ('true'). In current use it is a noun meaning "the quality of being truthful and honest". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Latin verax and Latin verus. Related English forms include veracious, veracity, and verity. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning. ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown