varacious
Definition
- Adjective:
- Truthful: "varacious" means habitually speaking or representing the truth; honest and accurate in statements.
- Veracious: A less common variant of "veracious," meaning characterized by truthfulness and accuracy.
Usage Examples
- (The historian was committed to factual accuracy.)
- (The report was truthful and correct.)
Advanced Usage
- "a varacious account": a narrative or description that is strictly accurate.
- The witness gave a varacious account of the accident. (The witness described events exactly as they happened.)
Variants and Related Words
Veracity (n): the quality of being truthful; truthfulness.
- The veracity of his statement was questioned by the jury. (The truthfulness of his statement was doubted.)
Veracious (adj): a more common spelling of "varacious"; meaning truthful.
- She is a veracious journalist who always checks her sources. (She is a truthful journalist.)
Synonyms
- Truthful: telling the truth; honest.
- Accurate: free from error; correct.
- Honest: free of deceit; truthful.
Related Idioms
To speak the truth and nothing but the truth: to give a completely honest account.
- Under oath, he promised to speak the truth and nothing but the truth. (He swore to be completely truthful.)
To call a spade a spade: to speak plainly and directly about a subject, even if it is unpleasant.
- The varacious critic called a spade a spade, describing the film as a failure. (The critic spoke honestly without euphemism.)