/boh"neuh fuyd', bon"euh; boh"neuh fuy"dee/
1. made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
2. authentic; true: a bona fide sample of Lincoln's handwriting.
Also, bona-fide .
[ 1935-45; bona fide ]
Syn. 1. honest, sincere; lawful, legal. 2. genuine.
Ant . spurious, deceitful, false.