Authentic

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /É”.ˈθɛn.tɪk/, /É’.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
• cot-caught IPA: /É‘.ˈθɛn.tɪk/

Alternative forms

• authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique all archaic

Origin

Borrowing from fro autentique (modern French authentique), from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός ("principal, genuine").

Full definition of authentic

Adjective

1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.The report was completely authentic.an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
3. (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
4. (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

Derived terms