real

  • (r) used as intensifiers
    • real" is sometimes used informally for "really
    • rattling" is informal
    • she was very gifted
    • he played very well
    • a really enjoyable evening
    • I'm real sorry about it
    • a rattling good yarn
    rattling, very, really,
  • (a) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
    • real objects
    • real people; not ghosts
    • a film based on real life
    • a real illness
    • real humility
    • "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
    existent,
  • (a) no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
    • the real reason
    • real war
    • a real friend
    • a real woman
    • meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal
    • it's time he had a real job
    • it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
  • (s) not to be taken lightly
    • statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems
    • to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
  • (s) capable of being treated as fact
    • tangible evidence
    • his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
    tangible,
  • (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, actual, genuine,
  • (a) of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
    • real prices
    • real income
    • real wages
  • (a) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
    • the substantial world
    • a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical
    • "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
    substantial, material,
  • (s) (of property) fixed or immovable
    • real property consists of land and buildings
  • (s) coinciding with reality
    • "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
    veridical,

Nouns

  • (n) any rational or irrational number real number,
  • (n) the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
  • (n) an old small silver Spanish coin

Synonyms

rattling very really existent real number tangible literal actual genuine substantial material veridical

Antonyms

unreal nominal insubstantial unsubstantial

See also

concrete echt genuine realistic sincere material

Words of close approximity

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