POSTICHE Antonyms

• conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

• not counterfeit or copied

• not fake or counterfeit

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

• existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation

• existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical

• (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone

• (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related

• someone regarded as certain to succeed

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

• functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies

• unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• being talented through inherited qualities

• free from artificiality

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

• free of extraneous elements of any kind

• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

• (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• free from discordant qualities

• concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

• in a state of sexual virginity

• being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

• no less than what is stated; worthy of the name

• of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• any rational or irrational number

• the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

• an old small silver Spanish coin

• used to give emphasis

• not to be taken lightly

• capable of being treated as fact

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• (of property) fixed or immovable

• coinciding with reality

• consistent with fact or reality; not false

• expressing or given to expressing the truth

• proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

• as acknowledged

• accurately placed or thrown

• devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

• conforming to definitive criteria

• worthy of being depended on

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• rightly so called

• determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

• having a legally established claim

• in tune; accurate in pitch

• accurately fitted; level

• make level, square, balanced, or concentric

• not mixed with impurities

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• undertaken in good faith

• not counterfeit or copied