genuine

• 24-carat
• absolute
• accurate
• actual
• artless
• attested
• authentic
• authenticated
• authoritative
• believable
• bona fide
• candid
• certain
• certifiable
• certified
• childlike
• concrete
• confirmed
• convincing
• correct
• de facto
• demonstrable
• demonstrated
• dewy-eyed
• dinkum
• direct
• earnest
• echt
• effective
• established
• exact
• existent
• exploitable
• factual
• final
• for real
• frank
• free
• free-spoken
• gee-whiz
• good
• guileless
• gullable
• gullible
• hard
• heartfelt
• historical
• honest
• identifiable
• impressionable
• incontestable
• incontrovertible
• indisputable
• indubitable
• inescapable
• inexperienced
• ingenuous
• innocent
• irrefutable
• known
• kosher
• lawful
• legal
• legitimate
• literal
• malleable
• naive
• natural
• objective
• official
• on the level
• open
• openhearted
• original
• palpable
• persuadable
• persuasible
• plain
• plainspoken
• positive
• precise
• proper
• proved
• proven
• pucka
• pukka
• pure
• real
• real-life
• real-world
• realistic
• recognizable
• reliable
• right
• righteous
• simple
• simpleminded
• sincere
• single-minded
• sound
• spontaneous
• sterling
• straight
• straightforward
• substantial
• substantiated
• sure-enough
• susceptible
• tangible
• true
• trustful
• trusting
• trustworthy
• unadulterated
• unaffected
• unalloyed
• undeniable
• undesigning
• undoubted
• unfeigned
• unforced
• unguarded
• unimpeachable
• unmistakable
• unpretended
• unpretending
• unpretentious
• unquestionable
• unsophisticated
• unstudied
• unwary
• unworldly
• up front
• valid
• validated
• verifiable
• verified
• veritable
• very
• well-established
• wide-eyed

• abstract
• affected
• alleged
• arch
• artful
• artificial
• assumed
• assuming
• bogus
• calculating
• canny
• chimeric
• chimerical
• civilized
• conceived
• concocted
• conjectural
• cosmopolitan
• counterfeit
• crafty
• critical
• crooked
• cultivated
• cultured
• cunning
• cynical
• deceitful
• deceiving
• deceptive
• delusive
• delusory
• designing
• devious
• dishonest
• dissembling
• dissimulating
• double-dealing
• doubtful
• dubious
• envisaged
• envisioned
• fabled
• fabricated
• factitious
• fake
• false
• fanciful
• feigned
• fictional
• fictitious
• flattering
• forced
• foxy
• guileful
• hypocritical
• hypothetical
• ideal
• illegitimate
• illusory
• imaginary
• imagined
• imitation
• indefinite
• inexistent
• insincere
• invalid
• invented
• knavish
• legendary
• made-up
• make-believe
• man-made
• manipulative
• manufactured
• mealymouthed
• misleading
• mistrustful
• mock
• nonexistent
• phoney
• phony
• pictured
• platonic
• polished
• possible
• potential
• pretend
• pretentious
• pseudo
• questionable
• refined
• reputed
• romantic
• scheming
• sham
• sharp
• shifty
• shrewd
• simulated
• skeptical
• slick
• slippery
• sly
• smooth
• sophisticated
• spurious
• strained
• subtle
• supposed
• suppositional
• suppositious
• supposititious
• suspicious
• sycophantic
• symbolic
• synthetic
• theoretic
• theoretical
• tricky
• two-faced
• unauthentic
• uncertain
• unctuous
• underhanded
• unnatural
• unreal
• unsure
• untrustworthy
• virtual
• visualized
• wary
• wily
• worldly
• worldly-wise

• adjective
  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
  2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated.

• She showed genuine interest in helping others.
• The artist’s work is highly praised for its genuine creativity.
• He gave a genuine apology after realizing his mistake.
• This necklace is made of genuine gold, not just gold-plated.
• Her smile was genuine, lighting up the entire room.

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