GENUINE

genuine, echt

(adjective) not fake or counterfeit; “a genuine Picasso”; “genuine leather”

genuine, true, unfeigned

(adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; “genuine emotion”; “her interest in people was unfeigned”; “true grief”

actual, genuine, literal, real

(adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; “her actual motive”; “a literal solitude like a desert”- G.K.Chesterton; “a genuine dilemma”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native

Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

Synonyms

• authentic

• real

• natural

• (British dialectal) lubish

• true

• uncounterfeited

• See also genuine

Antonyms

• fake

• ingenuine

Anagrams

• Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingénue, unigene

Source: Wiktionary

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Gen"u*ine, a. Etym: [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.]

Definition: Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.

Syn.

– Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic.

– Gen"u*ine*ly, adv.

– Gen"u*ine*ness, n. The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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