Antonyms for bona fide
ˈboʊ nəˌfaɪd, ˈbɒn ə; ˈboʊ nəˈfaɪ dibona fide

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1. bona fideadjective

   Done in good faith.

   Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.

   Antonyms:
   mala fide

   Synonyms:
   sincere

2. bona fideadjective

   Genuine; not counterfeit.

   This is a bona fide Roman coin.

   Synonyms:
   authentic, genuine

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1. bona fideadjective

   undertaken in good faith

   "a bona fide offer"

   Antonyms:
   imitative, insincere, counterfeit

   Synonyms:
   veritable, authentic, unquestionable

2. authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritableadjective

   not counterfeit or copied

   "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"

   Antonyms:
   imitative, insincere, counterfeit

   Synonyms:
   veritable, regular(a), authentic, unquestionable, reliable, veritable(a)

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1. bona fide

   Synonyms:
   in good faith, real, actual, really, actually

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1. malafide

   not certified, fake, unauthentic

   this is a malafide document

   Submitted by rinat on June 13, 2017  

How to use bona fide in a sentence?

1. Mark Fleming:

   The interview was woefully inadequate for eliciting the information necessary to assess whether she had a bona fide claim to asylum.

2. State John Kerry:

   And I believe that with effort and with bona-fide legitimate intent to solve the problem on both sides, it is possible in these next months to find those Minsk agreements implemented and to get to a place where sanctions can be appropriately, because of the full implementation, removed.

3. Jerry Goldfeder:

   If a voter has more than one bona fide residence, she or he can choose from which one to register and vote. And the law is sufficiently elastic to allow the voter to switch voting residences back and forth — but of course they can't vote more than once in an election.

4. Scott Linklater:

   It's been astronomical the level of engagement we've had, we had a sale in March and I think we sold 13 paintings directly through Facebook. So it went from being a great place for sharing our work to being a bona fide sales method.

5. Harley LeBon:

   And if there is a bona fide question of neglect in my household, then Protective Services should be notified. Anything less than that is government overreach.

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