Authentic

[ɔː'θentɪk] or [ɔ'θɛntɪk]

Definition

(adj.) not counterfeit or copied; 'an authentic signature'; 'a bona fide manuscript'; 'an unquestionable antique'; 'photographs taken in a veritable bull ring' .

(adj.) conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; 'an authentic account by an eyewitness'; 'reliable information' .

Checker: Presley--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.

(n.) Authoritative.

(n.) Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

(n.) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

(n.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.

(n.) An original (book or document).

Inputed by Allen

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be.[2]. Trustworthy, RELIABLE, authoritative, of approved authority, to be depended on, worthy of belief.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Genuine, veritable, reliable, real, original, trustworthy, not spurious, true,legitimate, certain, accepted, current, received

ANT:Unreliable, spurious, false, apocryphal, disputed, exploded, rejected,counterfeit, unfounded, unauthorized, baseless, fabulous, fictitious

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Definition

adj. real: genuine as opposed to counterfeit apocryphal: original: true: entitled to acceptance of established credibility. A distinction is sometimes made between authentic and genuine—the former that the writing is trustworthy as setting forth real facts; the latter that we have it as it left its author's hands—an authentic history: a genuine text.—adv. Authent′ically.

Typist: Ora

Examples

Typist: Nadine

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