veritable

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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.

(used to emphasize how great or unusual something is by comparing it to something else):

If current projections hold, Montgomery County will experience a veritable explosion in its school-age population (= it will have many more students).