authentic

Speech parts

1. authentic - Noun

2. authentic - Adjective

3. authentic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Authoritative.

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

Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

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.

An original (book or document).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reliable genuine real bona fide credible trustworthy unquestionable veritable original true accurate valid legitimate faithful honest
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Antonyms

fake phony Hollywood xerox ham wildcat
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you. Rutherford B. Hayes

Every writer wants to be believed. But every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. John le Carré

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. Ben Okri

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. Colette

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. Rebecca West

Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. Ismail Kadaré

Close letter words and terms

authalic Authement Authenreith authentic advertising authentic assessment authentic bear