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real


 
  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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