Dictionary

genuine article en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) An authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation.
   • "Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature. Bob was the genuine article," Joshua Goldbard said. 2023 April 5, Chantal Da Silva, Daniel Arkin, “Cash App founder Bob Lee reportedly killed in San Francisco stabbing, sources say”, in NBC News:
   • “I think he's an extraordinary man [Dario Amodei], the real genuine article,” he [Michael Moritz] tells me. 2026 April 18, John Thornhill, quoting Michael Moritz, “Lunch with the FT: Dario Amodei”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
   • “Coffee” might be largely sawdust, or wheat, beans, beets, peas, and dandelion seeds, scorched black and ground to resemble the genuine article. 2018 November, Deborah Blum, “When Milk Was Full of Calf Brains”, in The Atlantic:
2. (figuratively) The bomb; the shit.

Forms

Antonyms

fake · counterfeit · lookalike · imitation · copy · phony

Relateds

whole package

Synonyms

real deal · real thing · pure quill · real McCoy

Translations (1)

pl autentyk (an authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation)