genuine meaning and definition

GENUINE adjective

Definition of genuine (adjective)

1. not fake or counterfeit
   • "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
   • synonyms: echt
   • antonym: counterfeit
2. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
   • "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
   • synonyms: true, 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"
   • synonyms: actual, literal, real