Genuine
English
Adjective
Genuine (comparative more Genuine, superlative most Genuine)
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
- a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials
Adverbs for Genuine
unquestionably; veritably; obviously; manifestly; unimpeachably; indubitably; essentially; authentically; incontestably; substantially; inimitably; invaluably.
Synonyms for Genuine
authentic, real, natural, true, veritable, unadulterated, tested, proven, unmixed, frank, valid, unalloyed, unaffected, actual, right, legitimate, factual, sincere, honest, unquestionable, exact.
Antonyms for Genuine
fake, ingenuine, meretricious, false, deceptive, questionable, unreal, unacceptable, adulterated, illegitimate, mixed, compounded, alloyed, jumbled, confused, blended, erroneous, misleading, fallacious, bogus, spurious, counterfeit, sham, assumed, mock.
Related terms
Thesaurus
aboveboard, absolute, actual, arcadian, artless, authentic, bluff, blunt, bona fide, broad, brusque, bucolic, candid, card-carrying, de facto, dinkum, direct, downright, earnest, explicit, factual, fair and square, following the letter, for real, forthright, foursquare, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, good, good-faith, heart-to-heart, historical, homespun, honest, honest-to-God, inartificial, ingenuous, lawful, legitimate, lifelike, literal, native, natural, naturalistic, naturelike, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, openhearted, original, outspoken, pastoral, plain, plain-spoken, positive, proper, pukka, pure, real, realistic, rightful, round, rural, simon-pure, simple, sincere, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, sterling, straight, straight-out, straight-shooting, straightforward, substantial, sure-enough, transparent, true, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unartificial, unassumed, unassuming, unchecked, uncolored, unconcocted, unconstrained, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undeniable, undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, undistorted, unembellished, unequivocal, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unguarded, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unreserved, unrestrained, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unspoiled, unsynthetic, unvarnished, up-and-up, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, veritable, word-for-word
Etymology
From Latin genuinus (“innate, native, natural”), from gignere, from Old Latin genere (“to beget, produce”); see genus; or genu (“knee”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA: /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn
Translations
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External links
- Genuine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Genuine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA: ˌɡenuːˈiːnɐ
- Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne
Adjective
genuine
Italian
Adjective
genuine f.
- feminine plural form of genuino
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
genuīne
- vocative masculine singular of genuīnus
Swedish
Adjective
Genuine
- absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.
