veritableadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈver.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ˈver.ə.t̬ə.bəl/used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing its character:
My garden had become a veritable jungle by the time I came back from holiday.
The normally sober menswear department is set to become a veritable kaleidoscope of colour this season.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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veritably
adverb uk/ˈver.ɪ.tə.bli/us/ˈver.ə.t̬ə.bli/