Grep of noun real
cereal
cold cereal
dry cereal
floreal
hot cereal
montreal
real
real-estate business
real-time operation
real-time processing
real estate
real estate agent
real estate broker
real estate investment trust
real estate loan
real gnp
real gross national product
real life
real matrix
real mccoy
real number
real presence
real property
real storage
real stuff
real tennis
real thing
real time
real world
realgar
realisation
realism
realist
reality
reality principle
realization
reallocation
reallotment
realm
realness
realpolitik
realtor
realty
Overview of noun real
The noun real has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. real number, real -- (any rational or irrational number)
2. real -- (an old small silver Spanish coin)
Overview of adj real
The adj real has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (55) real, existent -- (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)
2. (14) real -- (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. (6) actual, genuine, literal, real -- (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")
4. (5) real, true -- (not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold")
5. (4) real -- (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")
6. (3) real, tangible -- (possible to be treated as fact "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor")
7. real -- ((economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages")
8. substantial, real, material -- (having substance or capable of being treated as fact not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare)
9. real -- ((of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings; real estate")
10. veridical, real -- (coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson)
11. real -- (founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time")
Overview of adv real
The adv real has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) very really, real, rattling -- (intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn"))
Antonyms of adj real
11 senses of real
Sense 1
real (vs. unreal), existent
unreal (vs. real)
=> dreamed(postnominal)
=> envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised
=> eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(postnominal)
=> fabled, legendary
=> fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious, invented, made-up
=> fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological
=> fanciful, imaginary, imagined, notional
=> fantastic, fantastical
=> hallucinatory
=> illusional, illusionary
=> illusive, illusory
=> make-believe, play(postnominal), pretend
Sense 2
real(postnominal) (vs. unreal)
unreal (vs. real)
=> deceptive, delusory
=> dreamlike, surreal
=> phantom
Sense 3
actual, genuine, literal, real
INDIRECT (VIA true) -> false
Sense 4
real, true
INDIRECT (VIA genuine) -> counterfeit, imitative
Sense 5
real
INDIRECT (VIA serious) -> frivolous
Sense 6
real, tangible
INDIRECT (VIA concrete) -> abstract
Sense 7
real (vs. nominal)
nominal (vs. real)
Sense 8
substantial (vs. insubstantial), real, material
Sense 9
real
INDIRECT (VIA tangible) -> intangible
Sense 10
veridical, real
INDIRECT (VIA realistic) -> unrealistic
Sense 11
real
INDIRECT (VIA realistic) -> unrealistic
Similarity of adj real
11 senses of real
Sense 1
real (vs. unreal), existent
=> actual
=> actual, factual
=> historical
Also See-> concrete#1; genuine#1, echt#1; realistic#1; sincere#1
Sense 2
real(postnominal) (vs. unreal)
=> proper(postnominal)
=> true(postnominal)
Sense 3
actual, genuine, literal, real
=> true (vs. false)
Sense 4
real, true
=> genuine (vs. counterfeit), echt
Sense 5
real
=> serious (vs. frivolous)
Sense 6
real, tangible
=> concrete (vs. abstract)
Sense 7
real (vs. nominal)
Sense 8
substantial (vs. insubstantial), real, material
Also See-> material#2
Sense 9
real
=> tangible (vs. intangible)
Sense 10
veridical, real
=> realistic (vs. unrealistic)
Sense 11
real
=> realistic (vs. unrealistic)
Attributes of adj real
2 of 11 senses of real
Sense 1
real (vs. unreal), existent
=> reality, realness, realism
Sense 8
substantial (vs. insubstantial), real, material
=> substantiality, substantialness
Familiarity of adj real
real used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11)
Grep of adj real
arboreal
areal
boreal
cereal
circumboreal
corporeal
empyreal
ethereal
funereal
incorporeal
marmoreal
nonarboreal
real
real-time
realised
realistic
realizable
realized
sidereal
surreal
unreal
venereal
Overview of noun real
The noun real has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. real number, real -- (any rational or irrational number)
2. real -- (an old small silver Spanish coin)
Overview of adj real
The adj real has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (55) real, existent -- (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)
2. (14) real -- (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. (6) actual, genuine, literal, real -- (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")
4. (5) real, true -- (not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold")
5. (4) real -- (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")
6. (3) real, tangible -- (possible to be treated as fact "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor")
7. real -- ((economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages")
8. substantial, real, material -- (having substance or capable of being treated as fact not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare)
9. real -- ((of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings; real estate")
10. veridical, real -- (coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson)
11. real -- (founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time")
Overview of adv real
The adv real has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) very really, real, rattling -- (intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn"))
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