Genuine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character: genuine leather.
  • adj. Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic. See Synonyms at authentic.
  • adj. Honestly felt or experienced: genuine devotion.
  • adj. Actual; real: a genuine dilemma.
  • adj. Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere.
  • adj. Being of pure or original stock: a genuine Hawaiian.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Belonging to the original stock; corresponding to an original type or source; hence, not spurious, false, or adulterated; not of a deceptive or affected character; true; real; sincere: applied to both persons and things: as, genuine descendants; genuine materials; a genuine text; a genuine man.
  • In zoology, typical; conformable to type; not aberrant: as, the genuine isopods. See Euisopoda.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  • adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
  • adj. not fake or counterfeit
  • Equivalent
    sincere    true    documented    attested    old    authentic    honest-to-goodness    authenticated    bona fide    good   
    Antonym
    fake    ingenuine   
    Cross Reference
    sincere    frank   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pure    real    authentic    true    unadulterated    unalloyed    native    natural   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    real    pure    honest    profound    mean    Greek    Spanish    silent    beautifull    unbelieveable