not fake or counterfeit; a genuine Picasso; genuine leather

[ Syn: echt ]

not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; genuine emotion; her interest in people was unfeigned; true grief

[ Syn: true , unfeigned ]

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; her actual motive; a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton; a genuine dilemma

[ Syn: actual , literal , real ]