Veracious=Truthful?

Hi WA

Extremely few words are completely synonymous. Truthful is one of the meanings of veracious but you'll have to learn when and where to use it. This is from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary:

ve·ra·cious, adj.
1. habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
2. characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest

When can I use it?
Can't I just plainly claim 'I'm a truthful person' or 'I'm a veracious person'!?

It's one of those 'ten-dollar' words than pretty much nobody uses in real life. In fact, I'm sure a lot of native speakers would have to find a dictionary to look it up if you used it. Especially as it sounds virtually identical to voracious - I think people would just think you ate a lot if you said that to them, lol.

It's rarely used, as Nona says.

I want o study new words. How am I supposed to do it if every word I choose is rarely used?

Why should the fact that they are rarely used prevent you from studying them? They have their place, even if it is limited or restricted. Often it is the unusual words that cause problems and it is a good idea to make sure you know when to use them. It's valuable to know that "veracious" and "voracious" in spoken English could be confused. If you spell them right, there will be no difficulties us

Thank you. What does voracious mean by the way?

WesternAmericanI want o study new words. How am I supposed to do it if every word I choose is rarely used?

Hi WA

What makes you think every word you "choose is rarely used?" There are hundreds of thousands of words in many languages and in every language some words are less frequently used than some others. Don't try to learn a language by

Thank you. What does voracious mean by the way?

1 wanting or devouring great quantities of food. 2 eagerly consuming something: Insatiable (He voraciously read the new Harry Potter book)