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Real

rɪəl

Real definitions

adjective

Inflections:

real realer realest

actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed

"Julius Caesar was a real person"

Synonyms:
actual existent non-fictional non-fictitious factual
- used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation
  
  "there is a real danger of civil war"
- relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished
  
  "Locke's distinction between the real and nominal essence of substances"
(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine

"the earring was presumably real gold"

Synonyms:
genuine authentic bona fide sincere genuine true unfeigned unpretended heartfelt from the heart unaffected earnest wholehearted fervent honest truthful
- true or actual
  
  "his real name is James"
- rightly so called; proper
  
  "he's my idea of a real man"
complete; utter (used for emphasis)

"the tour turned out to be a real disaster"

Synonyms:
complete utter thorough absolute total prize perfect veritable
adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power

"real incomes had fallen by 30 per cent"
(of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part
(of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual

adverb

Inflections:

real