Qualities
Synonyms for authentic
Synonyms for authentic: reliable and veritable. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for authentic
Each of these belongs to a different sense of authentic, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
An authentic account by an eyewitness.
The true synonym
reliable
Same sentence, swapped: An reliable account by an eyewitness.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- traditional
- novel
- square
not counterfeit or copied
An authentic signature.
The true synonym
veritable
Same sentence, swapped: An veritable signature.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for authentic in the sentence quoted.
- reliable
- accurate
- significant
Where authentic turns up in the game
authentic is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where authentic is the trap
- overwhelmingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is overpowering, in the sense "so strong as to be irresistible", and authentic is one of the three tiles that lose.
- aboveboardadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is straightforward, in the sense "without concealment or deception", and authentic is on the board beside it.
Play authentic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so authentic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. authentic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.