authentic
Real and genuine, not fake.
authentic in a sentence
- The museum displayed an authentic pirate map, complete with real ink stains from 1720.
- The little restaurant serves authentic Italian pizza, made just the way it is in Naples.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to authentic?
- Afalse
- Bcopied
- Creal
- Dfake
Show the answer
C: real. The other three mean the opposite of authentic.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to authentic?
- Areal
- Bgenuine
- Cfake
- Dtrue
Show the answer
C: fake. The other three mean nearly the same as authentic.
Words that mean something similar
real, true, genuine
Words that mean the opposite
fake, false, copied
More words about thinking & learning
- baffled: So confused that you cannot understand something at all.
- bewildered: Very confused and unsure what is happening.
- blunder: A silly, careless mistake.
- clarify: To make something easier to understand.
- classify: To sort things into groups that are alike.
- competent: Able to do something well enough.
- complex: Made of many parts, and hard to understand or work out.
- comprehend: To fully understand something.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test