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real 
adjective
- 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: existent Antonyms: unreal Similar: actual, actual, factual, historical - 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: unreal Similar: proper, true - 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: actual, genuine, literal Similar: true - not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold"
Synonyms: true Similar: genuine, echt - 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"
Similar: serious - possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
Synonyms: tangible Similar: concrete - being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
Antonyms: nominal - 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: material, substantial Antonyms: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal - (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings; real estate"
Similar: tangible - coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
Synonyms: veridical Similar: realistic - founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time"
Similar: realistic
noun
- any rational or irrational number
Synonyms: real number - an old small silver Spanish coin
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: rattling, really, very
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