Synonyms for genuine
ˈdʒɛn yu ɪn or, sometimes, -ˌaɪn; ˈdʒɛn yu ɪn; ˈdʒɛn yuˌaɪngen·uine

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1. genuineadjective

   Synonyms:
   authentic, real, natural, true

   Antonyms:
   ingenuine, fake

2. genuineadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   true, authentic, natural, real

   Antonyms:
   ingenuine, fake

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1. genuine

   That is authentic which is true to the facts; that is genuine which is true to its own claims; as, authentic history; genuine money.

   A 'genuine' work is one written by the author whose name it bears; an 'authentic' work is one which relates truthfully the matters of which it treats. For example, the apocryphal Gospel of St. Thomas is neither 'genuine' nor 'authentic.' It is not 'genuine,' for St. Thomas did not write it; it is not 'authentic,' for its contents are mainly fables and lies.

   Trench On the Study of Words lect. vi, p. 189. [W. J. Widdleton]

   Authentic is, however, used by reputable writers as synonymous with genuine, tho usually where genuineness carries a certain authority. We speak of accepted conclusions, certain evidence, current money, genuine letters, a legitimate conclusion or legitimate authority, original manuscripts, real value, received interpretation, sure proof, a true statement, a trustworthy witness, a veritable discovery.

   Synonyms:
   accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

   Antonyms:
   apocryphal, baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized

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1. genuine

   Synonyms:
   authentic, true, real, pure, unalloyed, natural, unaffected, sincere, unadulterated, veritable, sound

   Antonyms:
   spurious, fictitious, adulterated, apocryphal

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1. genuine, echtadjective

   not fake or counterfeit

   "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

   Synonyms:
   literal, actual, real, unfeigned, echt, true(a)

   Antonyms:
   bad, bogus, false, put on, inauthentic, pseudo, mock, pretended, fictitious, counterfeit, pinchbeck, synthetic, imitative, fictive, fake, phoney, unauthentic, ostensive, insincere, phony, bastard, sham, forged, assumed, spurious, base, ostensible

2. genuine, true(a), unfeignedadjective

   not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

   "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

   Antonyms:
   pseudo, sham, unauthentic, bad, insincere, base, mock, bastard, put on, ostensible, bogus, phoney, assumed, pretended, phony, false, fake, ostensive, synthetic, inauthentic, spurious, fictitious, forged, counterfeit, pinchbeck, fictive, imitative

3. actual, genuine, literal, realadjective

   being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

   "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

   Synonyms:
   literal, true(a), actual, tangible, material, real, veridical, existent, factual, unfeigned, echt, substantial, real(a)

   Antonyms:
   unauthentic, imitative, pinchbeck, sham, insincere, assumed, inauthentic, pseudo, mock, phony, spurious, fake, bogus, ostensive, fictive, put on, false, bad, fictitious, synthetic, bastard, counterfeit, base, pretended, phoney, ostensible, forged

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1. genuineadjective

   Synonyms:
   pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, real, veritable, authentic, not spurious, not false, not fictitious, not apochryphal, what it purports to be

2. genuineadjective

   Synonyms:
   native, unaffected, sincere

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1. genuineadjective

   Synonyms:
   authentic, veritable, sterling, unmixed, real, pure, sincere, heartfelt, unaffected

   Antonyms:
   spurious, counterfeit, false, supposititious, adulterated

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1. List of paraphrases for "genuine":

   real, true, authentic, veritable, actual, sincere, truly, vera, original, genuinely, honest, proper, meaningful, effective, really, al-sadeq, heartfelt

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1. List of known nicknames for "Genuine":

   Chirs Zippel, Rave Base, Genuine (Chris Zippel), Inhouse, Capone, Chris Zippel, Zippel, Chris

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1. Jeroen Dijsselbloem:

   On the European side there is genuine room for compromise.

2. Jelena McWilliams:

   The more transparent and accountable we can be in the process of how we do things, I think, the more likely regulated agencies can give us genuine feedback, i am willing to take a look and review the CAMELS rating.

3. Linda Vester:

   I am speaking out now because NBC has failed to hire outside counsel to investigate a genuine, long-standing problem of sexual misconduct in the news division.

4. Howard Thurman:

   You are the only you that has ever lived ; your idiom is the only idiom of its kind in all of existence, and if you can not hear the sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

5. Penn Jillette:

   There seems to be one person in this race who's actually genuine and not crazy. And that's Bernie, he uses the word socialist, which in the United States is what? Sixty percent socialist now? We're a mixed economy. This is all stuff a libertarian probably shouldn't say, but 'socialist' isn't a dirty word. It's a different way of looking at how the government works.