real

Adjective
  1. Being or occurring in fact or actuality;
    Having verified existence;
    Not illusory (synset 301939402)
    "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"
    also:
    • concrete - capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
    • echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit
    • realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
    • sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful
    tells us about: realism, reality, realness - the state of being actual or real
    similar to:
    • actual - taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
    • actual, factual - existing in act or fact
    • documentary - (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
    • objective - emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation
    • historical - having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
    same as: existent
  2. No less than what is stated;
    Worthy of the name (synset 301944611)
    "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"
    similar to:
    • proper - having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
    • true - rightly so called
  3. Not to be taken lightly (synset 302126996)
    "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
    similar to: serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
  4. Capable of being treated as fact (synset 300013681)
    "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
    similar to: concrete - capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
    same as: tangible
  5. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something (synset 302470192)
    "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"; "a genuine dilemma"
    similar to: true - consistent with fact or reality; not false
    same as: actual, genuine, literal
  6. Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation (synset 301946213)
    "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
    referred to in: economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  7. Having substance or capable of being treated as fact;
    Not imaginary (synset 300628097)
    "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against"
    also: material - derived from or composed of matter
    tells us about: solidness, substantiality, substantialness - the quality of being substantial or having substance
    same as: material, substantial
  8. (of property) fixed or immovable (synset 302400973)
    "real property consists of land and buildings"
    similar to: tangible - (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
  9. Coinciding with reality (synset 301948221)
    "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"
    similar to: realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
    same as: veridical
Noun
  1. Any rational or irrational number (synset 113752012)
    is a type of: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number - (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
    subtypes:
    same as: real number
  2. The basic unit of money in Brazil;
    Equal to 100 centavos (synset 113690013)
    is a type of: brazilian monetary unit - monetary unit in Brazil
    has: centavo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
  3. An old small silver Spanish coin (synset 113410750)
    is a type of: coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
Adverb
  1. Used as intensifiers;
    `real' is sometimes used informally for `really';
    `rattling' is informal (synset 400032295)
    "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
    same as: rattling, really, very

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