veritable

IPA/ˈverɪtəbl/
KK[vˈɛrɪtəbəl]IPA/ˈverɪtəbl/

veritable — adjective

  • veritablepositive
  • more veritablecomparative
  • most veritablesuperlative

1. placed before a noun to stress that something truly deserves the name you are gi

1.形容詞B2
釋義

placed before a noun to stress that something truly deserves the name you are giving it — not as an exaggeration, but because the description is accurate in a striking or impressive way

例句

Walking through the old market, Linh entered a veritable maze of narrow alleyways.

After the rain, Talia's garden became a veritable jungle of tomato plants.

veritable + noun for dramatic emphasis

同義詞
  • genuine

    lacks the dramatic, intensifying quality; 'genuine' simply means real, while 'veritable' adds emphasis

  • bona fide

    similar formal register, but focuses on authenticity rather than intensity of the description

  • real

    much more common and everyday; 'a real mess' is informal, 'a veritable disaster' is formal and literary

反義詞
  • so-called

    implies doubt or irony about the description, whereas veritable insists the description is fully deserved

文法句型

a veritable + [dramatic or metaphorical noun]

用法筆記

Always attributive — you can say 'a veritable feast' but not 'the feast is veritable'. The noun that follows is typically a metaphor or an extreme description (maze, jungle, goldmine), not an ordinary one.

常見錯誤

❌The collection was veritable.
✅It was a veritable collection of rare coins.
💡veritable must come directly before a noun; it cannot stand alone after the verb.