authentic
English
Alternative forms
- authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “principal, genuine”), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- The report was completely authentic.
- an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
- (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
- (obsolete) authoritative
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.
- And then they believe him, not for his own authority, but for a truth's sake, which they derive from elsewhere: to what end then should they cite him as authentic for episcopacy, when they cannot know what is authentic in him, but by the judgment which they brought with them, and not by any judgment which they might safely learn from him?
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.
Synonyms
- (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
- (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from authentic
Translations
of undisputed origin
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conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief
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