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Synonyms for real
ˈri əl, rilre·al
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, veritableAntonyms:
conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
real
Synonyms:
actual, veritable, existent, authentic, legitimate, true, genuine, developedAntonyms:
fictitious, imaginary, unreal, nonexistent, untrue, false, artificial, spurious, counterfeit, factitious, adulterated, assumed, pretended, potential, possible
Princeton's WordNet
real number, realnoun
any rational or irrational number
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real numberAntonyms:
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, illusionalrealnoun
the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
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real numberAntonyms:
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, illusiverealadjective
an old small silver Spanish coin
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real numberAntonyms:
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, legendaryreal, existentadjective
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
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existing, substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literalAntonyms:
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, notionalreal(a)adjective
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-deceivingrealadjective
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"
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substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literalAntonyms:
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, mythologicreal, tangibleadjective
capable of being treated as fact
"tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
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touchable, substantial, palpable, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literalAntonyms:
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, mythologicactual, genuine, literal, realadjective
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, fanciedrealadjective
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), literalAntonyms:
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, fabricatedsubstantial, real, materialadjective
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, existentAntonyms:
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, fantasticrealadjective
(of property) fixed or immovable
"real property consists of land and buildings"
Synonyms:
substantial, actual, tangible, material, veridical, existent, genuine, real(a), literalAntonyms:
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, intangibleveridical, realadverb
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), substantialAntonyms:
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, mythicvery, really, real, rattlingadverb
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, rattlingAntonyms:
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
realadjective
Synonyms:
actual, veritable, substantial, substantive, absolute, positive, actually being or existing; not imaginary, or supposititious; not fictitiousrealadjective
Synonyms:
true, genuine, not counterfeited, not factitious, not artificialrealadjective
realadjective
Synonyms:
(Law.) not personal
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
realadjective
Synonyms:
genuine, veritable, actual, trueAntonyms:
fictitious, unreal, spurious, ostensible, artificial, feigned, sham
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "real":
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#174 | very | |
#212 | real | |
#234 | right | |
#472 | really | |
#812 | material | |
#831 | true | |
#1068 | effective | |
#1100 | certain | |
#1156 | actually | |
#1284 | developed | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1390 | existing | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1467 | positive | |
#1808 | royal | |
#1834 | square | |
#1920 | actual | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2735 | practical | |
#2818 | proper | |
#3478 | truly | |
#3834 | concrete | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#5018 | genuine | |
#5607 | dir | |
#6065 | authentic | |
#6333 | realty | |
#6775 | realistic | |
#8066 | legitimate | |
#8204 | meaningful | |
#10467 | rem | |
#11464 | vera | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#12048 | literal | |
#13539 | tangible | |
#13806 | factual | |
#13969 | substantive | |
#18014 | genuinely | |
#21867 | existent | |
#23927 | hearty | |
#24606 | rial | |
#39400 | veritable | |
#41811 | palpable | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#44188 | riyal | |
#47678 | demonstrable | |
#49224 | immovable | |
#62735 | reale | |
#65257 | actuals | |
#66950 | corporeal | |
#70209 | echt | |
#75166 | unquestionable | |
#162952 | touchable | |
#169588 | veridical | |
#218204 | unfeigned |
How to use real in a sentence?
It's a real treat when you come to a golf course like this where it's not overly long, you don't have to really bomb it off the tee, but it's real strategic, it's a real thinker's golf course and it's a real treat to play something like this because we don't get to play them that often anymore.
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.
Of course! it is real, it's real, it's real. It is real and it has wave and it is fantastic and it smells great.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
The shutdown is real. The wall is hypothetical. And at some point soon, the Republicans are going to remember that it's real people in their districts who aren't getting paid, real people who aren't able to access government services, and real people who vote.
Translations for real
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- حقيقي, ريالArabic
- ысынBashkir
- реалBulgarian
- reálný, skutečnýCzech
- wirklich, typisch, echt, real, reell, wahrGerman
- Ρεάλ, αληθινός, πραγματικός, πραγματικός αριθμός, αυθεντικόςGreek
- aŭtenta, reala, reela, veraEsperanto
- realSpanish
- واقعیPersian
- real, todellinen, ehta, reaali-, aito, kunnon, kiinteä, oikea, tosi, reaalinenFinnish
- vrai, vraie, réel, réelle, réalFrench
- असली, सच्चाHindi
- igazi, igaz, valódi, valósHungarian
- իրական, անշարժArmenian
- sattIcelandic
- vera, vero, realeItalian
- 現実, レアル, 本物, 本当, 実, 現実味, 実際, 不動産, 現実性, 実数, 現実に存在するJapanese
- 실제, 레알Korean
- naturalis, verus, solidusLatin
- īsts, reāls, īstensLatvian
- वास्तविकMarathi
- reële, werkelijk, vast-, typisch, waar, echte, echt, real, oprecht, reëelDutch
- virkeligNorwegian
- realny, rzeczowy, prawdziwyPolish
- realPortuguese
- adevărat, real, prea, actual, superRomanian
- настоящий, реал, реальный, недвижимый, действительный, истинныйRussian
- सत्य, वास्तविकSanskrit
- pravi, furam svoj fazon, stvaran, nekretninaSerbo-Croatian
- verklig, reell, riktig, fast, äkta, typisk, sann, reale, realSwedish
- వాస్తవ, నిజమైనTelugu
- hakiki, doğruTurkish
- thậtVietnamese
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