Authentic
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English
Adjective
Authentic (comparative more Authentic, superlative most Authentic)
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- (obsolete) Having authority.
Adverbs for Authentic
undeniably; unquestionably; admittedly; avowedly; unchallengedly; assuredly; professedly; palpably; obviously; evidently; apparently; absolutely; positively; categorically; genuinely; incontestably; indisputably; manifestly; unmistakably.
Synonyms for Authentic
- (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
- (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked
- true, legitimate, authoritative, veritable, accredited, genuine, certain, accepted.
Antonyms for Authentic
- (not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine
- disputed, unauthorized, counterfeit.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
aboveboard; absolute; accepted; accurate; actual; adducible; admissible; approved; attestative; attestive; authoritative; avant-garde; based on; bona fide; candid; canonical; card-carrying; cathedral; certain; circumstantial; cognizable; conclusive; conventional; convincing; correct; creative; credible; cumulative; customary; damning; de facto; decisive; dependable; determinative; dinkum; documentary; documented; evangelical; evidential; evidentiary; ex cathedra; ex parte; eye-witness; factual; fair and square; faithful; final; firm; firsthand; following the letter; for real; founded on; foursquare; fresh; genuine; good; good-faith; grounded on; hearsay; historical; honest; honest-to-God; imaginative; implicit; inartificial; incontrovertible; indicative; indisputable; indubitable; irrefutable; irresistible; knowable; lawful; legitimate; lifelike; literal; magisterial; material; natural; naturalistic; new; novel; nuncupative; of the faith; official; on the level; on the square; on the up-and-up; open; open and aboveboard; original; orthodox; orthodoxical; overwhelming; positive; presumptive; probative; proper; pukka; pure; questionless; real; realistic; received; recognizable; reliable; revolutionary; right; rightful; scriptural; significant; simon-pure; simple; sincere; single-hearted; solid; sound; square; square-dealing; square-shooting; standard; sterling; straight; straight-shooting; substantial; suggestive; sure; sure-enough; symptomatic; telling; textual; traditional; traditionalistic; true; true to life; true to nature; true to reality; true-blue; trustworthy; trusty; unadulterated; unaffected; unalloyed; unassumed; unassuming; uncolored; unconcocted; uncopied; uncounterfeited; undeniable; underived; undisguised; undisguising; undisputed; undistorted; undoubted; unexaggerated; unfabricated; unfanciful; unfeigned; unfeigning; unfictitious; unflattering; unimagined; unimitated; uninvented; unique; unpretended; unpretending; unqualified; unquestionable; unromantic; unsimulated; unspecious; unsynthetic; unvarnished; up-and-up; valid; verbal; verbatim; veridical; verisimilar; veritable; very; weighty; word-for-word
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ɒ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikόs, “principal, genuine”).
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