adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
2. 2
   Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

   "a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship"

Adjective

1. 1
   not fake or counterfeit wordnet
2. 2
   not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed wordnet
3. 3
   being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

authentictruehonestnaturalrealuncounterfeited

Antonyms

All antonyms

fraudbullshitcounterfeitfake

Example

More examples

"For years the picture passed as a genuine Rembrandt."

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Related phrases

genuine articlegenuine fakegenuine issue of material factgenuine number eleven

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