actual

  • (a) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
    • the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
    • actual and imagined conditions
    existent,
  • (s) taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
    • we saw the actual wedding on television
    • filmed the actual beating
  • (s) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
    • her actual motive
    • "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton
    • a genuine dilemma
    literal, genuine, real,
  • (s) existing in act or fact
    • rocks and trees...the actual world
    • actual heroism
    • the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced
    factual,
  • (s) being or existing at the present moment
    • the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West

Synonyms

existent literal genuine real factual

Antonyms

potential possible

Words of close approximity

actual damages actual eviction actualisation actualise actuality actualization actualize actually actual possession actual sin