'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
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" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real]

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'

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