Synonyms for real
ˈri əl, ril

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1. real number, real(noun)

   any rational or irrational number

   Synonyms:
   real number

   Antonyms:
   fictitious, false, imaginary, fanciful, unrealistic, unreal, trompe-l'oeil(a), intangible, fantastical, envisioned, pretend, mythological, illusive, legendary, mythologic, nominal, pictured, fabled, dreamed(a), notional, illusory, abstract, fabricated, visualized, illusionary, fabulous, fantastic, mythical, mythic, fictional, eye-deceiving, make-believe, hallucinatory, visualised, frivolous, fancied, illusional

2. real(noun)

   the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

   Synonyms:
   real number

   Antonyms:
   visualised, fabled, frivolous, hallucinatory, fictitious, mythologic, fancied, legendary, fantastical, fanciful, imaginary, fabulous, eye-deceiving, pictured, notional, false, illusory, envisioned, unrealistic, mythic, illusionary, fictional, fantastic, unreal, dreamed(a), trompe-l'oeil(a), intangible, nominal, illusional, pretend, visualized, mythical, make-believe, abstract, mythological, fabricated, illusive

3. real(adj)

   an old small silver Spanish coin

   Synonyms:
   real number

   Antonyms:
   fabled, unreal, imaginary, mythic, make-believe, notional, visualised, nominal, envisioned, false, unrealistic, hallucinatory, fabricated, fantastic, pretend, fanciful, eye-deceiving, frivolous, illusive, abstract, fancied, mythical, illusional, trompe-l'oeil(a), mythological, visualized, dreamed(a), fantastical, intangible, fictional, illusory, fictitious, mythologic, pictured, illusionary, fabulous, legendary

4. real, existent(adj)

   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

   Synonyms:
   existing, substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literal

   Antonyms:
   trompe-l'oeil(a), fantastic, illusionary, dreamed(a), fanciful, unreal, visualized, legendary, fictitious, fabled, mythologic, hallucinatory, intangible, fabulous, nominal, imaginary, fictional, abstract, envisioned, fabricated, pretend, illusive, pictured, false, illusional, illusory, visualised, fantastical, mythic, mythological, eye-deceiving, unrealistic, frivolous, mythical, make-believe, fancied, notional

5. real(a)(adj)

   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"

   Antonyms:
   fabricated, illusional, envisioned, fantastic, notional, illusionary, mythological, unrealistic, mythic, intangible, unreal, frivolous, fabled, mythical, fancied, imaginary, pictured, abstract, trompe-l'oeil(a), fabulous, pretend, false, fictitious, nominal, visualised, make-believe, illusory, dreamed(a), visualized, legendary, fanciful, fantastical, illusive, hallucinatory, fictional, mythologic, eye-deceiving

6. real(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literal

   Antonyms:
   nominal, pretend, eye-deceiving, fancied, illusional, visualised, fantastical, pictured, hallucinatory, fabled, mythical, fantastic, intangible, fabulous, legendary, illusive, notional, visualized, illusionary, imaginary, fabricated, illusory, trompe-l'oeil(a), make-believe, unreal, unrealistic, mythological, dreamed(a), false, mythic, fictitious, abstract, envisioned, fictional, fanciful, frivolous, mythologic

7. real, tangible(adj)

   capable of being treated as fact

   "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

   Synonyms:
   touchable, substantial, palpable, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literal

   Antonyms:
   trompe-l'oeil(a), nominal, illusory, eye-deceiving, mythological, fancied, fabled, intangible, dreamed(a), mythical, fanciful, visualized, fabricated, pictured, pretend, visualised, hallucinatory, illusionary, fictional, envisioned, frivolous, unrealistic, imaginary, mythic, notional, make-believe, legendary, false, abstract, fantastic, fantastical, illusive, unreal, fictitious, illusional, fabulous, mythologic

8. actual, genuine, literal, real(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   literal, true(a), actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, factual, unfeigned, echt, substantial, real(a)

   Antonyms:
   abstract, visualized, illusionary, unreal, fabled, mythical, fictitious, trompe-l'oeil(a), envisioned, illusory, eye-deceiving, mythologic, hallucinatory, imaginary, fantastical, false, illusional, notional, fabulous, legendary, pictured, fictional, fanciful, dreamed(a), intangible, mythological, unrealistic, frivolous, fabricated, illusive, pretend, mythic, nominal, fantastic, make-believe, visualised, fancied

9. real(adj)

   of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation

   "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literal

   Antonyms:
   hallucinatory, illusive, fictional, dreamed(a), trompe-l'oeil(a), illusionary, unrealistic, fictitious, mythical, false, visualized, envisioned, pretend, fanciful, visualised, notional, illusional, abstract, unreal, fabulous, fantastic, mythic, fancied, make-believe, mythological, pictured, frivolous, imaginary, illusory, fantastical, intangible, legendary, nominal, eye-deceiving, mythologic, fabled, fabricated

10. substantial, real, material(adj)

    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

    Synonyms:
    actual, corporeal, veridical, real(a), substantial, significant, hearty, satisfying, substantive, solid, literal, material, square, genuine, strong, tangible, existent

    Antonyms:
    intangible, fictional, fabricated, illusive, mythological, false, illusional, nominal, unrealistic, abstract, illusory, mythologic, frivolous, eye-deceiving, envisioned, mythic, fabulous, illusionary, mythical, pretend, pictured, unreal, fantastical, fanciful, fancied, visualised, dreamed(a), legendary, trompe-l'oeil(a), make-believe, hallucinatory, imaginary, notional, fictitious, visualized, fabled, fantastic

11. real(adj)

    (of property) fixed or immovable

    "real property consists of land and buildings"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literal

    Antonyms:
    mythological, make-believe, fictional, fabled, fictitious, mythic, abstract, trompe-l'oeil(a), fantastic, fabulous, eye-deceiving, envisioned, illusive, pictured, fanciful, false, pretend, visualized, nominal, dreamed(a), imaginary, unrealistic, hallucinatory, legendary, fabricated, visualised, mythologic, illusionary, unreal, mythical, frivolous, illusional, notional, illusory, fancied, fantastical, intangible

12. veridical, real(adverb)

    coinciding with reality

    "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

    Synonyms:
    literal, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), substantial

    Antonyms:
    notional, false, visualized, pretend, hallucinatory, mythological, fantastic, illusive, intangible, eye-deceiving, nominal, visualised, pictured, imaginary, unrealistic, fantastical, fancied, envisioned, illusory, fabricated, frivolous, unreal, trompe-l'oeil(a), fabulous, fanciful, abstract, dreamed(a), mythical, mythologic, fabled, legendary, illusional, make-believe, fictitious, fictional, illusionary, mythic

13. very, really, real, rattling(adverb)

    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"

    Synonyms:
    in truth, truly, genuinely, really, actually, very, rattling

    Antonyms:
    visualised, make-believe, fantastic, illusional, fantastical, pretend, hallucinatory, pictured, dreamed(a), fancied, mythical, mythological, fabulous, false, fanciful, fictional, intangible, envisioned, legendary, eye-deceiving, abstract, mythic, imaginary, trompe-l'oeil(a), mythologic, fabricated, notional, visualized, illusionary, nominal, unreal, unrealistic, illusory, frivolous, fabled, fictitious, illusive

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. real

   Real (Latin res, a thing) signifies having existence, not merely in thought, but in fact, or being in fact according to appearance or claim; denoting the thing as distinguished from the name, or the existent as opposed to the non-existent. Actual has respect to a thing accomplished by doing, real to a thing as existing by whatever means or from whatever cause, positive to that which is fixed or established, developed to that which has reached completion by a natural process of unfolding. Actual is in opposition to the supposed, conceived, or reported, and furnishes the proof of its existence in itself; real is opposed to feigned or imaginary, and is capable of demonstration; positive, to the uncertain or doubtful; developed, to that which is undeveloped or incomplete. The developed is susceptible of proof; the positive precludes the necessity for proof. The present condition of a thing is its actual condition; ills are real that have a substantial reason; proofs are positive when they give the mind certainty; a plant is developed when it has reached its completed stage. Real estate is land, together with trees, water, minerals, or other natural accompaniments, and any permanent structures that man has built upon it. Compare AUTHENTIC.

   Synonyms:
   actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable

   Antonyms:
   conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. real

   Synonyms:
   actual, veritable, existent, authentic, legitimate, true, genuine, developed

   Antonyms:
   fictitious, imaginary, unreal, nonexistent, untrue, false, artificial, spurious, counterfeit, factitious, adulterated, assumed, pretended, potential, possible

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1. anti-virtual

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. real(a.)

   Synonyms:
   actual, veritable, substantial, substantive, absolute, positive, actually being or existing; not imaginary, or supposititious; not fictitious

2. real(a.)

   Synonyms:
   true, genuine, not counterfeited, not factitious, not artificial

3. real(a.)

   Synonyms:
   intrinsic, internal, essential

4. real(a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) not personal

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. real(a)

   Synonyms:
   genuine, veritable, actual, true

   Antonyms:
   fictitious, unreal, spurious, ostensible, artificial, feigned, sham

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1. List of paraphrases:

   actual, genuine, true, truly, really, veritable, immovable, royal, genuinely, vera, authentic, realistic, concrete, practical, real-world, tangible, actually, proper, effective, right, reai, real-life, reale, actuals, realty, dir, meaningful, riyal, rem, rial, substantive, factual, serious

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How to use real in a sentence?

1. Eric Abramovitz:

   It still puzzles me why she even added that, she knew it wouldn't be realistic, so I had to turn that down even though it wasn't real.

2. Reginald Blyth:

   If all men lead mechanical, unpoetical lifes, this is the real nihilism, the real undoing of the world.

3. Curator Xavier Bray:

   He could flatter and still be real.

4. Margaret Anderson:

   In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

5. Janet McCabe:

   We're balancing two dynamics: Congress' clear intent to address climate change and increase energy security, and real-world limitations that have slowed advancement of these goals.

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