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genuine
Synonyms and Antonyms of genuine
1
being exactly as appears or as claimed
for real
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, mock, phony (also phoney), pseudo, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, unauthentic, unreal
2
free from any intent to deceive or impress others
artless, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed
spontaneous, unforced, unstudied
candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded
exploitable, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, unwary
on the level
critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary
cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced
arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily
affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
3
existing in fact and not merely as a possibility
attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, valid, validated, verified
incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable
believable, convincing, literal, realistic, unmistakable, verifiable
authentic, bona fide, real-life, real-world
absolute, certain, final, hard, objective, palpable, positive, substantial, tangible
Synonym Discussion of genuine
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- an authentic account of the perilous journey
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- an authentic reproduction
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- authentic Vietnamese cuisine
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- genuine piety
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- genuine maple syrup
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- a genuine Mark Twain autograph
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- a bona fide offer for the stock
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