authentic

authentic has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. Authoritative.
• n.. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
• n.. Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
• n.. 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.
• n.. An original (book or document).
• a.. not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
• a.. conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information"