veritable
- being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale.
Origin of veritable
Synonyms for veritable
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actual, factual, genuine, indubitable, kosher, real, undoubted, unquestionable, very, legit, trueExamples from the Web for veritable
Contemporary Examples of veritable
And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket ListDecember 12, 2014
One of the stores Pragnell is referring to is Bodega Mi Amiga, a veritable institution on Via Porras in downtown Panama City.
Selter, on the other hand, has turned her butt selfies—and the buzz they generate—into a veritable business.
A drive to the Snæfellsnes peninsula—seriously, these names—is a veritable coastline journey to the center of the Earth.
In a veritable Mapplethorpe renaissance, two exhibitions have launched in tandem dedicated to his work.
Historical Examples of veritable
She seemed to bring a veritable shower of song into this home of long silences.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The first performance was a veritable little triumph for me!
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
But the window scene on the first night was a veritable triumph.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
A veritable Eden thought Stanley Fyles—complete to the last detail.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
It is your grand state medicine, your veritable Doctor Sangrado!
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
veritable
- (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)he's a veritable swine!
- rare genuine or true; properI require veritable proof
Word Origin for veritable
Word Origin and History for veritable
late 15c., from Anglo-French and Old French veritable "true," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably.