'genuine' definitions:
Definition of 'genuine'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" [syn: genuine, echt] [ant: counterfeit, imitative]
adjective
Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: genuine, true(a), unfeigned]
adjective
Definition of 'genuine'
From: GCIDE
- genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See Gender.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'genuine'
From: Moby 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