Dictionary Entry
authentic
authentic is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
- 2noun
Authoritative.
- 3noun
Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
- 4noun
Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
- 5noun
Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
- 6noun
An original (book or document).
- 7adjective
not counterfeit or copied
"an authentic signature"
"a bona fide manuscript"
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- 8adjective
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
"an authentic account by an eyewitness"
"reliable information"
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