Crossword Dictionary

bona fide

adjective

If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.

synonyms

genuine, real, true, legitimate, authentic, kosher, the real McCoy 

examples:

‘It is almost unheard of for an English player to dodge a game without a bona fide reason.’

‘He was also a bona fide fan who loves fashion.’

‘American minimalism has now been around long enough to have produced its own bona fide classics.’

‘That is to say, no actual bona fide member of the public has come to hear me speak.’

‘Police ensured that only bona fide members of the press could make it on to the crescent, where the couple moved only last summer.’