Antonyms for veritable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ver-i-tuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛr ɪ tə bəl


Definition of veritable

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj authentic
Example sentences :
  • She seemed to bring a veritable shower of song into this home of long silences.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The first performance was a veritable little triumph for me!
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • But the window scene on the first night was a veritable triumph.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • A veritable Eden thought Stanley Fyles—complete to the last detail.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It is your grand state medicine, your veritable Doctor Sangrado!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • It seemed to Wrayson that they had passed into a veritable land of enchantment.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Soon I came in sight of a veritable forest of huge windmills.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • In neglecting this duty our parents and teachers commit a veritable crime.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • But to Shelley Political Justice was the veritable "milk of paradise."
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • He was satisfied to do his work and smoke his pipe—a veritable pipe of peace.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

Synonyms for veritable

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