Synonyms for fact
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1. factnoun

   Something actual as opposed to invented.

   In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.

   Antonyms:
   fiction

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. fact

   A circumstance (Latin circum, around, and sto, stand), is something existing or occurring in connection with or relation to some other fact or event, modifying or throwing light upon the principal matter without affecting its essential character; an accompaniment is something that unites with the principal matter, tho not necessary to it; as, the piano accompaniment to a song; a concomitant goes with a thing in natural connection, but in a subordinate capacity, or perhaps in contrast; as, cheerfulness is a concomitant of virtue. A circumstance is not strictly, nor usually, an occasion, condition, effect, or result. (See these words under CAUSE.) Nor is the circumstance properly an incident. (See under ACCIDENT.) We say, "My decision will depend upon circumstances" — not "upon incidents." That a man wore a blue necktie would not probably be the cause, occasion, condition, or concomitant of his committing murder; but it might be a very important circumstance in identifying him as the murderer. All the circumstances make up the situation. A certain disease is the cause of a man's death; his suffering is an incident; that he is in his own home, that he has good medical attendance, careful nursing, etc., are consolatory circumstances. With the same idea of subordination, we often say, "This is not a circumstance to that." So a person is said to be in easy circumstances. Compare EVENT.

   Synonyms:
   accompaniment, circumstance, concomitant, detail, event, feature, incident, item, occurrence, particular, point, position, situation

   Preposition:
   "Mere situation is expressed by 'in the circumstances'; action affected is performed 'under the circumstances.'" [Murray's "New English Dictionary"]

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. fact

   Synonyms:
   truth, deed, occurrence, certainty, circumstance, event, reality

   Antonyms:
   fiction, supposition, falsehood, unreality, lie, delusion, chimera, invention, romance

Princeton's WordNet

1. factnoun

   a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

   "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

2. factnoun

   a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened

   "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

3. factnoun

   an event known to have happened or something known to have existed

   "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"

4. factnoun

   a concept whose truth can be proved

   "scientific hypotheses are not facts"

Matched Categories

1. • Concept
   • Information
   • Reality

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. factnoun

   Synonyms:
   incident, event, occurrence, circumstance, act, deed, performance, thing done

2. factnoun

   Synonyms:
   reality, act, actuality, certainty, real existence

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1. factnoun

   Synonyms:
   reality, actuality, truth

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1. List of paraphrases for "fact":

   reality, done, made, effect, facts, truth, fait, makes, facto, factual, doing, do, been, is, act, realities, result, circumstance, practice

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1. Josh Hawley:

   They have reformed tough-on-crime practices, in fact, I'd say they're pro-crime.

2. Ricardo Da Camara:

   The student protests doesn't reflect well to offshore investors and the fact that the government is already under pressure from a fiscal perspective and the situation adds to pressure going forward.

3. President Biden:

   He has much larger ambitions in Ukraine. He wants to, in fact, reestablish the former Soviet Union.That’s what this is about, and I think that his — his ambitions are — are completely contrary to the place where the rest of the world has arrived.

4. The State Department official:

   These are important partners of the alliance, partners whose security means a lot to the United States, it's a chance to highlight the fact that we are close partners and their security interests and their aspirations to get closer to the EU and NATO also matter to us.

5. Robert Ingersoll, “What Must We Do To Be Saved?” (1880):

   If we are immortal it is a fact in nature, and we are not indebted to priests for it, nor to bibles for it, and it cannot be destroyed by unbelief.