veritable

[ver-i-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. being truly or very much so.

   a veritable triumph.

   Synonyms: utter, genuine, real

2. Obsolete.,  true, as a statement or tale.

veritable

/ ˈvɛrɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)

   he's a veritable swine!

2. rare,  genuine or true; proper

   I require veritable proof

Other Word Forms

• veritableness noun
• veritably adverb
• nonveritable adjective
• nonveritableness noun
• nonveritably adverb
• unveritable adjective
• unveritableness noun
• unveritably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of veritable¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See verity, -able

Word History and Origins

Origin of veritable¹

C15: from Old French, from vérité truth; see _verity

Synonym Study

See authentic.

Example Sentences

Ahead of Tuesday night, Scotland's limp beginning isn't so much food for thought for Clarke, it's a veritable feast, a banquet of things to fix, in tactics, in formation, in selection, in psychology.

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But Dek is the approximate size of a large human, a veritable runt in a race of beings that are typically between 7 and 8 feet tall.

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The election of a veritable communist as mayor of New York shows how shortsighted that is.

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A train car moving at high speed with the doors and windows closed is a violent psychopath’s dream—a veritable barrel full of unarmed, unsuspecting fish.

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The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.

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