bona fide

Questions about bona fide

What does bona fide mean?

bona fide means "undertaken in good faith". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bona fide?

Close synonyms include authentic, unquestionable, veritable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bona fide a common word?

bona fide is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.