veracity

American  

[vuh-ras-i-tee] / vəˈræs ɪ ti /

noun

• veracities
  plural

1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.

   He was not noted for his veracity.

   Synonyms:

   credibility, integrity, honesty

2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy.

   to question the veracity of his account.

3. correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument.

4. something veracious; a truth.

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veracity British  

/ vɛˈræsɪtɪ /

noun

1. truthfulness or honesty, esp when consistent or habitual

2. precision; accuracy

3. something true; a truth

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonveracity
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• veracities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of veracity

First recorded in 1615–25; from Medieval Latin vērācitās, from Latin vērāc-, stem of vērāx “true” + -itās -ity

Explanation

The word veracity means truthfulness or accuracy. If you question the veracity of your friend's story about being invited to tea at Buckingham Palace, you wonder whether it's true. At a legal trial, witnesses must swear to the veracity of their testimony, promising that everything they say will be the truth and nothing but the truth. Veracity shares the Latin root verus, "truth," with words including verify, "confirm the truth of," and veritable, "true or real."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

veracity veracities

Ross has been entrusted to judge others’ veracity, yet her own candor is in question.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Moreover, it would offer a powerful endorsement of the veracity of the research findings and, of course, reduce the growing number of retractions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

In 2023, Donner filed a lawsuit in a Washington, D.C., court that contended his dismissal was linked to several instances in which he challenged the veracity of the network’s coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Being bold with predictions is fine, but so is being skeptical of their veracity.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

Despite all this, and regardless of the veracity of Riefenstahl’s account of her relationship with Goebbels, the 1934 rally and Riefenstahl’s film in particular were enormous successes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

We must wake up to the iron veracities of this war," he wrote, "and then face them not merely without flinching but with redoubled energy of will and effort.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you go on into the veracities of the school of Clay, you will find there is something at the roots of almond and apple trees, which is—This.

From Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 by John Ruskin

But my business is only to state veracities and necessities; I neither look for the acceptance of the one, nor hope for the nearness of the other.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

For who had thought before her of making women's stitches write or paint a great historical event, crowded with homely details which now are dubbed archaeological veracities?

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd

A State grounding itself on the veracities, not on the semblances and the injustices: every citizen a soldier for it.

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle

Related Words

• accuracy
• authenticity
• credibility
• fairness
• genuineness
• honesty
• impartiality
• integrity
• probity
• rectitude
• rightness
• sincerity
• trustworthiness
• truthfulness