Synonyms for verity
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Noun
1. Truth — truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity
truth, veracity, truthfulness, fact, reality, actuality, trueness, veridicality
Definitions
- n. 1
Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
Forms
- Plural
- verities → truths, veracities, truthfulnesses, facts…
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Truth is primarily and verity is always a quality of thought or speech, especially of speech, as in exact conformity to fact. Candor, frankness, honesty, and ingenuousness are allied with veracity, and verity with truth, while truthfulness may accord with either.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- truth Not only you but also he is ignorant of the truth.
- veracity Courts examine the veracity of witness testimony.
- truthfulness I started doubting the truthfulness of his statement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| verity | steady | |
| truth | rising | |
| veracity | rising | |
| truthfulness | rising | |
| trueness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fact1
- 5 letters
- truth1
- 7 letters
- reality4
- 8 letters
- veracity4, trueness
- 9 letters
- actuality5
- 12 letters
- truthfulness3, veridicality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reality4 = 4 syllables).