What does genuine mean?
Genuine means Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/ · adjective
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship
[…] and before you could say 'scissors' that customer had forgotten all about the genuine article, and was out of the shop with the bijoutry.
Use genuine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Genuine means Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
Common synonyms include authentic, legit, lubish, natural.
Possible antonyms include bullshit, fake, ingenuine, counterfeit.
a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.