“genuine”

Definitions

• adjective

  not fake or counterfeit

  Synonyms: echt, aboveboard, absolute, actual, arcadian, artless, authentic, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, bucolic

  Antonyms: counterfeit

  • Example:“a genuine Picasso”
  • Example:“genuine leather”

• adjective

  not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

  Synonyms: true, unfeigned

  • Example:“genuine emotion”
  • Example:“Her interest in people was unfeigned.”

• adjective

  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

  Synonyms: actual, literal, real

  • Example:“her actual motive”
  • Example:“a literal solitude like a desert”