Meaning & Definition of Genuine in English
English⟶
Genuine
/ʤɛnjəwən/
adjective
1. Not fake or counterfeit
- "A genuine picasso"
- "Genuine leather"
synonym:
- genuine,
- echt
2. Not pretended
- Sincerely felt or expressed
- "Genuine emotion"
- "Her interest in people was unfeigned"
- "True grief"
synonym:
- genuine,
- true(a),
- unfeigned
3. 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"
synonym:
- actual,
- genuine,
- literal,
- real
Examples of using
This copy of Windows is not genuine.
"Have you ever had genuine Hungarian goulash?" "No, but I'd really like to."
I won't stake my reputation on it, but I think it's a genuine alien life form.