Authentic

Definition: Authentic

Authentic

Adjective

1. Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information".

2. Not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "authentic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Finance

Food & Agriculture

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Synonyms: Authentic

Certainty

Authoritative, authentic, official.

Existence

Well-founded, well-grounded; unideal, unimagined; not potential; authentic.

Truth

Genuine, authentic, legitimate; orthodox; a; official, ex officio.

Crosswords: Authentic

Some authentic country rustic (Ghostkeeper; writing credit: Doug MacLeod; Jim Makichuk)

Inside each and every one of us is our one, true authentic swing (The Legend of Bagger Vance; writing credit: Jeremy Leven)

I get you one more up to date than that, authentic provenance, no question (Smiley's People; writing credit: John Hopkins; John Le Carré)

The way I see the series is: each week we open with an authentic act of political terrorism taken on the spot, in the actual moment (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky)

There haven't been more than a hundred authentic cases of so-called split personality, Mrs. MacNeil (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

Authentic European War (1915)

Bi and Beyond 6: Authentic (1996)

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References

• Authentic Fitness Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico (reference)

• Father Mychal Judge: An Authentic American Hero (reference)

• Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian: Savoring the Recipes and Traditions of the World's Favorite Cuisine (reference)

• The German Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Real Authentic Reggae Bash (reference)

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Music

• The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol.1 (reference)

• Authentic Greek Folk Songs & Dances (reference)

• Authentic Sound Effects, Vol. 1 (reference)

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High Tech

• Authentic 1940s Telephone (reference)

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Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an emerald by command of Tiberius Caesar ... / / engraved by John Sartain, Phila. Credit: Library of Congress.

Soviet fiction gives an authentic picture of all aspects of Soviet life. Credit: Library of Congress.

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THE PRESENT TREATY, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall be ratified. (reference)

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But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight

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Business

One is the small, left-of-center Authentic Labor Federation (FAT). (references)

Economic History

Estonia

This involved the republic's Supreme Soviet being transformed into an authentic regional law-making body. (references)

Paraguay

Political parties: Colorado (National Republican Association), Authentic Radical Liberal, National Encounter, País Solidario, and numerous smaller parties not represented in Congress. (references)

Namibia

In December 1976, the UN General Assembly recognized SWAPO as "the sole and authentic representative of the Namibian people," a characterization other internal parties did not accept. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

All laws are bilingual, with the English and Chinese texts being equally authentic. (references)

India

The West Bengal government, which is communist, and its Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, have called AI "anticommunist" and have refused to acknowledge that its report on West Bengal was authentic. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Authentic Italian food with homemade pasta and genuine Italian cuisine. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

Protection contracts, to which the workforce is not privy, are used in the maquila sector and elsewhere to discourage the development of authentic unions. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "authentic": authentic document. Additional references.

Beginning with "authentic": authentic-looking, authentic-seeming, authentic-sounding, authentic-style.

Ending with "authentic": all-too-authentic, non-authentic, quasi-authentic.

Albanian

i vërtetë (actual, bona fide, downright, effective, faithful, flesh and blood, genuine, objective, perfect, positive, practical, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i mirëfilltë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏موثوق به (responsible), ‏حقيقي (actual, effective, essential, factual, genuine, intrinsic, intrinsical, positive, proper, real, realistic, right, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, veritable, very), ‏جدير بالتصديق (creditable), ‏أصلي (bona fide, ethnic, ethnical, fundamental, genetic, genetical, original, overriding, premier, prime, primordial, pristine, proper, pukka, radical, true). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неподправен (absolute, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncoined, unsophisticated, unvarnished), автентичен (genuine, original, real, simon-pure), истински (actual, authentically, bona fide, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, good, honest, mere, natural, par excellence, positive, precious, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, real, regular, regularly, right, right-down, sheer, simon-pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, true, true blue, true born, truly, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veridical, veritable, very, virtual), достоверен (accredited, authoritative, original, straight). (various references)

Chinese 

確有其事 (true), 地�" (Authentical). (various references)

Czech

autentický (genuine), vìrohodný (credible, trustworthy, veracious), pravý (direct, genuine, good, proper, real, right, straight, true, true born, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, very), opravdový (earnest, genuine, real, serious, sincere, undisguised, veritable). (various references)

Danish

ægte (genuine, true). (various references)

Dutch

authentiek (genuine), waar (commodity, deserving, genuine, merchandise, true, wares, where, worthy), onvervalst (genuine), echt (absolutely, genuine, genuinely, indeed, marriage, matrimony, really, true, truly). (various references)

Esperanto

aŭtentika (genuine), aŭtenta. (various references)

Faeroese

ektaður (genuine), álítandi (genuine, reliable, trustworthy). (various references)

Farsi 

موثق (Credible, Reliable, Reliant, Trustworthy), معتبر (Authoritative, Credible, Creditable, Good, Reliable, Responsible, Trusty, Valid), قابل اعتماد (Calculable, Trig, Trustworthy, Trusty), صحیح (Correct, Exact, Good, Integral, Right, Safe, True, Valid), درست (Accurate, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole). (various references)

Finnish

autenttinen (genuine), aito (genuine, real, true), väärentämätön (genuine, real, unadulterated), todenperäinen (real, true, veracious), puhdas (clean, pure), oikeaperäinen. (various references)

French

authentique. (various references)

Frisian

autentyk (genuine). (various references)

German

authentisch (genuine, perfect, true), echt (bona fide, fast, genuine, genuinely, legit, natural, positively, proper, properly, pukka, real, really, sincere, thorough, true, truthful, typical, unaffected, unfeigned, veritable). (various references)

Greek 

αυθεντικός (genuine). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוסמך (authorized, certificated, certified, competent, graduate, master, ordained, qualified), מ�"ימן (bona fide, credible, dependable, reliable, sure, trusty, unimpeachable), אמין (reliable, trustworthy), אות� טי, ב�"וק ומ� וס�" (tried). (various references)

Hungarian

hiteles (crediting, documentary, genuine, pukka, true, trustworthy, unexceptional). (various references)

Indonesian

asli (autochthnous, genuine, original). (various references)

Italian

genuino (genuine, honest, natural, racy, true, unadulterated, veritable), autentico (genuine, proper, true). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

真正 (genuine, pure, true), 折り紙付き (certified, guaranteed), 正真正銘 (genuine), エンボス� 工 (auction, audience, audience survey, audio, audiometer, audio-visual, audition, auditorium, Austin, Australia, Australopithecus, Austria, authority, authorization, authorize, auto, auto door, auto focus, auto parlor, auto player, auto show, autobacks, autobiography, autocamping, auto-changer, autocracy, autocross, automatic, automatic clutch, automatic control, automatic stop, automatic transmission, automatic tuning deck, auto-nurse, autopilot, auxin, custom-made, eau de Cologne, embossment, enlargement, enrich, haute couture, made-to-order, motorcycle race, motorcycle), OA, oak, oaks, oats, ocean, ocean race, oceanaut, Odin, office automation, office lady, ogre, OK, OL, old girl, orc, orchard, orchestra, orchestra box, order, order entry system, order made, ordinary, organdy, organization, organize, organizer, orgasm, orgy, orgy party, orthodox, ostrich). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おりがみつき (certified, guaranteed), しょうし�"しょうめい (genuine), し�"せい (a new government or administration, application, dignity, direct Imperial rule, disposition, divinity, genuine, holiness, inborn nature, mind, nascent, nature, new birth, new face, new system, nova, petition, pure, rebirth, request, sacredness, theocracy, true), オーセンティック . (various references)

Korean 

확실한 (Authentical, Certain, sure, trustworthy, undoubted). (various references)

Manx

firrinagh (candid, devout, faithful, honest, real, sincere, sterling, true, unaffected, veracious), feer (correct, exceptionally, extremely, pure, real, regular, sheer, sincere, true, truthful, veritable, very), barrantoil (reliable, reliant). (various references)

Norwegian

autentisk, ekte. (various references)

Papiamen

outéntiko (genuine). (various references)

Pig Latin

authenticay.(various references)

Polish

autentyczny (genuine). (various references)

Portuguese

autêntico (genuine, natural, pucka, pukka, pure, real, round, sterling, true, true-born, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, very). (various references)

Romanian

autentic (certified, exemplified, genuine, patent, right, true, very), veritabil (genuine, real, regular, right, sheer, staunch, sterling, true, unadulterated, veritable), sincer (above board, artless, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), original (air hole, archetype, creative, eccentric, first hand, genuine, odd, original, originally, peculiar, queer, real, true, unique). (various references)

Russian 

подлинный (genuine, original, simon-pure, true, uncoined, veritable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

autentičan, izvoran (original), istinski (bona fide, pucka, pukka, real, simon-pure, sterling, true), istinit (accurate, believable, true, veracious, veridical, veritable). (various references)

Spanish

auténtico (bona fide, genuine, pukka, real, realistic, real-life, simon-pure, solid, true, unfailing). (various references)

Swedish

autentisk (genuine). (various references)

Thai

น่าเชื่อถือ (likely), ของแท้ (McCoy), มีผลตามกฎหมาย. (various references)

Turkish

asıl (actual, Cardinal, central, elementary, extraction, foundation, fountain-head, gist, groundwork, in chief, intrinsic, main, master, origin, original, origination, pivotal, principal, principally, provenance, real, root stock, true, virtual), otantik, gerçek (actual, actualities, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, exact, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), güvenilir (above suspicion, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, gilt-edged, regular, reliable, responsible, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), esas (basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, master, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, cheese, correct, direct, due, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding). (various references)

Turkmen 

дhtibar (dependable, reliable). (various references)

Ukrainian

справжній (active, actual, factual, genuine, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), вірогідний (reliable), аутентичний, дійсний (absolute, active, actual, available, indicative, objective, operative, real, valid), достовірний (veracious), документально доведений. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thật; xác thực đáng tin. (various references)

Welsh

gwir (actual, true, truth), dilys (certain, genuine, sure). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "authentic": authentically, authenticate, authenticated, authenticates, authenticating, authentication, authentications, authenticator, authenticators, authenticities, authenticity. (additional references)

Words ending with "authentic": inauthentic, unauthentic. (additional references)

Words containing "authentic": inauthenticities, inauthenticity. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Authentic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ataensic, autentic, autentike, authenic, authenthic, authenticism, Authentics, authentikos, authintic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tunicate.

-2 letters: etchant, nictate, tetanic, tunicae, unteach.

-3 letters: acetin, attune, auntie, canthi, cattie, centai, chaine, chaunt, enatic, ethnic, intact, nautch, nuchae, nutate, tauten, tenuti, thetic, tunica, unciae.

-4 letters: actin, acute, aitch, antic, attic, centu, chain, chant, cheat, china, chine, chute, cutie, cutin, enact, entia, ethic, hance, haunt, haute, natch, neath, niche, nucha, tacet, tache.

+1 letter: unathletic.

+2 letters: inauthentic, outcheating, unaesthetic, unauthentic.

+3 letters: authenticate, authenticity, enthusiastic, unchastities.

+4 letters: antirheumatic, authentically, authenticated, authenticates, authenticator, unsympathetic, untheoretical.

+5 letters: antirheumatics, authenticating, authentication, authenticators, authenticities, eutrophication, inauthenticity, nontherapeutic, unenthusiastic.