real

Meanings

Adjective

• 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.
• Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power .
• Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
• 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.
• Relating to immovable tangible property.
• Absolute, complete, utter.

Adverb

• Really, very.

Noun

• A commodity; see realty.
• One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
• A real number.
• A realist.
• Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
• A coin worth one real.
• 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.
• A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
• A coin worth one real.

Related

Similar words

• true, actual
• authentic, genuine, actual
• authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true, actual
• actual
• rei

Opposite words

• imaginary, non-real, unreal
• artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham
• feigned, sham, staged
• fictitious, imaginary, made-up, pretend
• imaginary

Origin

• From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis ("actual"), from Latin rēs ("matter, thing"), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís ("wealth, goods").
• Borrowed from Spanish real ("royal"), from Latin rēgālis ("regal, royal"). regal, and royal.
• From Portuguese real ("royal"), from Latin rēgālis ("regal; royal"). regal, and royal.