veracity
Quality of honesty
Veracity is truthfulness or accuracy.
A person of veracity tells the truth; a statement's veracity is its correspondence to fact.
The word carries a formal tone, appearing often in legal and journalistic contexts: The witness's veracity was challenged under cross-examination.
Investigators questioned the veracity of his claims.
Habit of not lying
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
openness · forthrightness · straightforwardness · transparency · plainspokenness · guilelessness · ingenuousness · earnestness
Grounded in truth
- factVerifiable piece of information
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- dataFacts for analysis
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
proof · documentation · corroboration · substantiation · validation · confirmation · research · findings
Degree of correctness
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- correctnessState of being accurate
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
faithfulness · exactitude · rigor · meticulousness · scrupulousness · literalness · specificity · detail
Quality of being genuine
- genuinenessQuality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- originalityNovel creative quality
- bona fideAuthentic and sincere
real · unaltered · unadulterated · certified · unfaked · uncontrived · unfeigned · credibility
Moral soundness and consistency
- probityThorough moral honesty
- rectitudeMoral straightness
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
ethics · virtue · morality · conscience · scruples · principled · righteousness · decency
truthfulness
Habit of not lying
frankness · openness · forthrightness · straightforwardness · transparency · plainspokenness · guilelessness · ingenuousness · earnestness · genuineness
factual
Grounded in truth
empirical · proof · documentation · corroboration · substantiation · validation · confirmation · research · findings · objectivity
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- correctnessState of being accurate
fidelity · faithfulness · exactitude · rigor · meticulousness · scrupulousness · literalness · specificity · detail · reliability
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- genuinenessQuality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- originalityNovel creative quality
bona fide · real · unaltered · unadulterated · certified · unfaked · uncontrived · unfeigned · credibility · trustworthiness
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
- probityThorough moral honesty
- rectitudeMoral straightness
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
honor · ethics · virtue · morality · conscience · scruples · principled · righteousness · decency · trustworthiness
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- credibilitybelievability, credibility, plausibility, authenticity, reliability
- honestyhonesty, truthfulness, candor, sincerity, dishonesty
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
- truthtruth, true, truthfulness, factuality, actuality
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
veracityfalsity
State of being incorrect
falsehood · untruth · mendacity · inaccuracy · falseness
veracitydishonesty
Disposition toward falsehood
deceitfulness · mendaciousness · duplicity · lying · deceptiveness
veracityfakery
Deliberate deception or pretense
falseness · fraudulence · phoniness · spuriousness · counterfeitness