Real — synonyms, real antonyms, definition

1. real (a) 2, N. Amer

accurate actual apparent authentic authenticated bona fide broadcast directly candid certain certified complete concrete corporal corporeal definite direct earnest evident existent factual • • •

2. real (Adjective) 2, N. Amer

substantial veridical nominal unreal

real (Adjective) — Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory. ex. "real people; not ghosts" ex. "a film based on real life" ex. "a real illness" ex. "real humility" ex. "Life is real! Life is earnest!" ex. "real objects"

real (Adjective) — No less than what is stated; worthy of the name. ex. "the real reason" ex. "real war" ex. "a real friend" ex. "a real woman" ex. "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal" ex. "it's time he had a real job" ex. "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"

real (Adjective) — Not to be taken lightly. ex. "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems" ex. "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"

real (Adjective) — Capable of being treated as fact. ex. "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

real (Adjective) — Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. ex. "her real motive"

real (Adjective) — (economics) of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation. ex. "real prices" ex. "real income" ex. "real wages"

real (Adjective) — Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary. ex. "the real world"

real (Adjective) — (of property) fixed or immovable. ex. "real property consists of land and buildings"

real (Adjective) — Coinciding with reality. ex. "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to real perception"

realism reality realness solidness substantiality substantialness

3. real (Noun) 2, N. Amer

real number

real (Noun) — Any rational or irrational number.

real (Noun) — The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos.

real (Noun) — An old small silver Spanish coin.

Brazilian monetary unit coin complex number complex quantity imaginary imaginary number dot product inner product irrational irrational number rational rational number scalar product centavo

4. real (Adverb) 2, N. Amer

dirty enormously exceedingly extremely hugely rattling really staggeringly thoroughly tremendously very

real (Adverb) — Used as an intensifier. ex. "I'm real sorry about it"