genuine

Meanings

Adjective

• not fake or counterfeit
  • "a genuine Picasso"
  • "genuine leather"

Adjective Satellite

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  • "genuine emotion"
• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; ; - G.K.Chesterton
  • "a genuine dilemma"

Adj

• Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
• Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

Synonyms

actual, authentic, bona fide, echt, genuine, legit, legitimate, literal, lubish, natural, non-fake, pukka, real, sterling, true, unadulterated, uncounterfeited, undissembled, unfaked, unfeigned, veritable

Antonyms

bullshit, counterfeit, fake, fraudulent, inauthentic, ingenuine, knockoff, phony

Related Words

actually, de facto, de jure, genus, invalid, potential, valid