Antonyms of adj veracious

2 senses of veracious

Sense 1
veracious -- (habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness")

INDIRECT (VIA truthful) -> untruthful -- (not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person")

Sense 2
veracious, right -- (precisely accurate; "a veracious account")

INDIRECT (VIA accurate) -> inaccurate -- (not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate")

Similarity of adj veracious

2 senses of veracious

Sense 1
veracious -- (habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness")
       => truthful (vs. untruthful), true -- (expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person")

Sense 2
veracious, right -- (precisely accurate; "a veracious account")
       => accurate (vs. inaccurate) -- (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale")

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