REAL

real, tangible

(adjective) capable of being treated as fact; “tangible evidence”; “his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor”

substantial, real, material

(adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; “the substantial world”; “a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical”; “The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against”

real, existent

(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

real

(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”

real

(adjective) of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; “real prices”; “real income”; “real wages”

veridical, real

(adjective) coinciding with reality; “perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception”- F.A.Olafson

real

(adjective) 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”

real

(adjective) (of property) fixed or immovable; “real property consists of land and buildings”

actual, genuine, literal, real

(adjective) 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”

very, really, real, rattling

(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”

real

(noun) an old small silver Spanish coin

real

(noun) the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

real (comparative realer or more real, superlative realest or most real)

True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.

That has objective, physical existence.

(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).

(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.

(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.

(legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.

Absolute, complete, utter.

(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.

Synonyms

• (true, genuine): true, actual

• (genuine, not artificial): authentic, genuine, actual

• (genuine, unfeigned): authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true, actual

• (that has physical existence): actual

Antonyms

• (true, genuine): imaginary, non-real, unreal

• (genuine, not artificial): artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham

• (genuine, unfeigned): feigned, sham, staged

• (that has physical existence): fictitious, imaginary, made-up, pretend (informal)

• (relating to numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line): imaginary

Adverb

real (not comparable)

(US, colloquial) Really, very.

Noun

real (plural reals)

A commodity; see realty.

(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.

(mathematics) A real number.

(obsolete) A realist.

Etymology 2

Noun

real (plural reales)

Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.

A coin worth one real.

Etymology 3

Noun

real (plural reis or réis or reals)

A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.

A coin worth one real.

real (plural reais or reals)

A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.

A coin worth one real.

Synonyms

• (old Portuguese and Brazilian unit of currency): rei

Meronyms

• (current Brazilian unit of currency): centavo

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, earl, lare, lear, rale

Proper noun

Real

Real Madrid, a football club from Madrid.

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, earl, lare, lear, rale

Source: Wiktionary

Re"al, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See Regal, and cf. Ree a coin.]

Definition: A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

Note: A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 12real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2

Re*al", a.

Definition: Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes." Chaucer.

Re"al, a. Etym: [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. réel. Cf. Rebus.]

1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed. Milton.

2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. Milton.

5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. Bacon.

4. (Alg.)

Definition: Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

5. (Law)

Definition: Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel.

– Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property.

– Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor.

– Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone.

– Real estate or property, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent. Burrill.

– Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation.

– Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Erskine. Bouvier.

Syn.

– Actual; true; genuine; authentic.

– Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. Dryden. Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. Locke.

Re"al, n.

Definition: A realist. [Obs.] Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

REAL

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Etymology 2

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