Down pat
Down pat adjective - Understood perfectly.
Genuine
Genuine adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Down pat and genuine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down pat" instead an adjective "Genuine".
Nearby Words: genuinely, genuineness
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Goku of Saiyuki has the personality and relationships of a Bratty Half-Pint down pat — but he's the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus of...pretty much everything that happens in the plot.
Source: Tagalong Kid
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Genuine and Down pat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down_pat/genuine
Down pat & Genuine. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/down_pat/genuine>.
Genuine or Down pat. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/down_pat/genuine.
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