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1. 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!"
   - existent
    
2. 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"
    
3. 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"
    
4. Capable of being treated as fact
   "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
   - tangible
    
5. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
   "her real motive"
   - actual, genuine, literal
    
6. Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
   "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
    
7. Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
   "the real world"
   - substantial, material
    
8. (of property) fixed or immovable
   "real property consists of land and buildings"
    
9. Coinciding with reality
   "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to real perception"
   - veridical

1. Used as an intensifier
   "I'm real sorry about it"
   - very, really, rattling, exceedingly, dirty [Brit], thoroughly, extremely, enormously, tremendously, hugely, staggeringly

1. Any rational or irrational number
   - real number

1. The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
    
2. An old small silver Spanish coin

Sounds like: reel

Derived forms: reis, reals, realer, reales, realest

See also: actual, concrete, documentary, echt, factual, genuine, historical, material, objective, proper, realism, realistic, reality, really, realness, serious, sincere, solidness, substantiality, substantialness, tangible, true

Type of: Brazilian monetary unit, coin, complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number

Antonym: nominal, unreal

Encyclopedia: Real Real, Quezon Real, The Movie