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REAL
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Irregular inflected forms: reales , reis
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An old small silver Spanish coin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("real" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("real" is a kind of...):
Brazilian monetary unit (monetary unit in Brazil)
Meronyms (parts of "real"):
centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any rational or irrational number
Synonyms:
real; real number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("real" is a kind of...):
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary; imaginary number ((mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "real"):
dot product; inner product; scalar product (a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors)
rational; rational number (an integer or a fraction)
irrational; irrational number (a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being treated as fact
Example:
his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
Synonyms:
real; tangible
Classified under:
Similar:
concrete (capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary)
Derivation:
reality (the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
Example:
The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against
Synonyms:
material; real; substantial
Classified under:
Also:
material (derived from or composed of matter)
Attribute:
solidness; substantiality; substantialness (the quality of being substantial or having substance)
Derivation:
reality (the quality possessed by something that is real)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
Example:
Life is real! Life is earnest!
Synonyms:
existent; real
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
historical (having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary)
objective (emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation)
documentary ((of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event)
actual; factual (existing in act or fact)
actual (taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated)
Also:
echt; genuine (not fake or counterfeit)
concrete (capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary)
realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
Attribute:
realism; reality; realness (the state of being actual or real)
Antonym:
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
Derivation:
reality (the state of being actual or real)
reality (the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be)
realness (the state of being actual or real)
Sense 4
Meaning:
No less than what is stated; worthy of the name
Example:
it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
proper (having all the qualities typical of the thing specified)
true (rightly so called)
Antonym:
unreal (not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
Example:
real wages
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Antonym:
nominal (of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Coinciding with reality
Example:
perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception
Synonyms:
real; veridical
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)
Derivation:
reality; realness (the state of being actual or real)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Not to be taken lightly
Example:
to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
serious (concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities)
Derivation:
reality (the state of being actual or real)
reality (the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be)
Sense 8
Meaning:
(of property) fixed or immovable
Example:
real property consists of land and buildings
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tangible ((of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Example:
a genuine dilemma
Synonyms:
actual; genuine; literal; real
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
Derivation:
reality (the state of being actual or real)
reality (the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be)
realness (the state of being actual or real)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal
Example:
a rattling good yarn
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Context examples:
I felt that I was speaking folly, and yet it was the only real cause which I could suggest.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Ah! this is practical—this is real! he cried: I should never dream that.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If the connection is real, you’ll know it soon enough.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But who the real Oz is, when he is in his own form, no living person can tell.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
“Well then,” said he, “my real name is James Ryder.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
However, I have determined; I think I am right; I think you ought to be made acquainted with Mr Elliot's real character.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"The temperature is real enough," Messner laughed.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Now the name of this lad, that the real bride was to help in watching the king’s geese, was Curdken.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing, and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures, with all the eagerness of real taste.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“But it is avoiding the real question,” I continued, “which is one of right.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
