authenticadjective
uk/ɔːˈθen.tɪk/us/ɑːˈθen.t̬ɪk/C1 If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is:
an authentic 1920s dress
authentic Italian food
He was there and saw what happened, so his is the only authentic account.
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- Under interrogation, she verified that the tapes were authentic.
- In the classical music world these days, authentic instruments are where it's at.
- There's a Greek restaurant in town which serves wonderfully prepared authentic dishes.
- Most historians accept that the documents are authentic.
- The hotel even has an authentic Japanese garden.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- fictitious
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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authentically
adverb uk/ɔːˈθen.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ɑːˈθen.t̬ɪ.kəl.i/