real

Plural: reais, reales, reals, reis, réis

Noun

• A former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil.
• A historical monetary unit of Spain.
• any rational or irrational number
• the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
• an old small silver Spanish coin
• 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.

Adjective

• Actually existing; genuine and not artificial.
• being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; ; ; ; ; ; - Longfellow
  • "real objects"
  • "real people; not ghosts"
  • "a film based on real life"
  • "a real illness"
  • "real humility"
  • "Life is real! Life is earnest!"
• 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"
• of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
  • "real prices"
  • "real income"
  • "real wages"
• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; ; ; - Shakespeare

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
• capable of being treated as fact
  • "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; ; - G.K.Chesterton
• (of property) fixed or immovable
  • "real property consists of land and buildings"
• coinciding with reality; - F.A.Olafson

Adverb

• used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
  • "a really enjoyable evening"
  • "I'm real sorry about it"

Adj

• 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 (contrast nominal).
• 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.
• Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.
• Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.
• Firm through directness, readiness to confront.

Adv

• Really; very.

Examples

• City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.
• Finding a word with an obscure currency like REAL can sometimes turn the tide in Scrabble.
• He claimed his score was REAL, but I suspected he’d somehow slipped an extra ’Z’ onto the board.
• I'm keeping it real.
• My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.
• My opponent thought I invented ’REIS’, not realizing it’s the plural of the historic REAL.
• No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
• real estate; real property
• Se looked at me real strange.
• These are real tears!
• This is a real problem.
• This is real leather.
• What is the real GNP of this polity?
• When I told him the truth, he got real mad.
• yo, Imma be real with u... don't ever text me again

Synonyms

actual, existent, genuine, literal, material, rattling, real number, really, substantial, tangible, veridical, very, authentic, based, heartfelt, rei, true

Antonyms

insubstantial, nominal, unreal, artificial, counterfeit, fake, feigned, fictitious, imaginary, made-up, nonreal, pretend, sham, staged

Related Words

milreis, regal, royal

Anagrams of real