Authentic
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
- (obsolete) authoritative
| Synonyms |
(of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
(conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked
| Antonyms |
(not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine