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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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