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| Main Entry: | actual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | truly existing, real |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authentic, categorical, certain, concrete, confirmed, definite, factual, genuine, hard, indisputable, indubitable, kosher*, physical, positive, realistic, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, truthful, undeniable, unquestionable, verified, for real, honest injun, honest to God, sure enough |
| Antonyms: | counterfeit, false, fictitious, imaginary, legendary, pretended, unreal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | actual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing at the present time |
| Synonyms: | current, exact, extant, live, living, original, prevailing, existent |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, imaginary, nominal, past, reputed, theoretical, unreal |
| Main Entry: | authentic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, genuine |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, authoritative, bona fide, certain, convincing, credible, creditable, dependable, factual, faithful, legitimate, official, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, valid, veritable, for real, legit, twenty-four carat |
| Notes: | genuine means not fake or counterfeit - or sincerely felt or expressed, while authentic means conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief and trust |
| Antonyms: | counterfeit, fake, false, falsified, unauthorized, unreal, ungenuine |
| Main Entry: | bodily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning animate structure |
| Synonyms: | actual, animal, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, gross, human, material, natural, normal, organic, physical, sensual, substantial, tangible, somatic, unspiritual |
| Antonyms: | mental, soulful, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | bona fide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genuine |
| Synonyms: | actual, authentic, honest, kosher, legitimate, real, true, valid |
| Main Entry: | de facto |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in reality |
| Synonyms: | actual, actually, existing, in effect, real, really, tangible, truly, genuinely, in fact, veritably |
| Main Entry: | definitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, categorical, clear-cut, complete, conclusive, decisive, definite, determining, downright*, ending, exhaustive, express, final, flat out*, last, perfect, plain, precise, real, reliable, specific, terminal, ultimate, unambiguous, closing, completing, concluding, finishing, limiting, nailed down, settling, straight out, terminating |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, inconclusive, inexact, interim, temporary, unreliable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
| Synonyms: | actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, real, remaining, surviving, existent, in current use, not lost, present-day, subsisting, undestroyed |
| Antonyms: | dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | factual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, card-carrying, certain, circumstantial, close, credible, descriptive, exact, faithful, genuine, hard, kosher*, legit, legitimate, literal, objective, on the level*, positive, precise, righteous, specific, straight from horse's mouth, sure, sure-enough, true, true-to-life, unadorned, unbiased, undoubted, unquestionable, valid, veritable |
| Antonyms: | biased, false, imprecise, incorrect, unfactual, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | historical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recorded as actually having happened |
| Synonyms: | actual, ancient, authentic, classical, factual, important, old, past, real, verifiable, archival, attested, chronicled, commemorated, documented, in truth |
| Antonyms: | fictional |
| Main Entry: | honest-to-God |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | genuine |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, bona fide, certain, factual, honest, kosher*, legitimate, official, on the level*, positive, real, straight, true, unquestionable, valid, authenticated, certified, for real, for-sure, honest-to-goodness, legit, no buts about it, on the up-and-up, real stuff, really-truly, sure-enough, sure-thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indisputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond doubt |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, actual, certain, double-checked, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, no ifs ands or buts about it, no mistake, open and shut, positive, real, sure, that's a fact, true, unassailable, undeniable, undoubted, unfabled, unquestionable, veridical |
| Antonyms: | disputable, doubtful, dubious, indefinite, questionable, refutable, uncertain, unreliable, unsure, vague |
| Main Entry: | literal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | word for word; exact, real |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona fide, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, true, unerring, unvarnished, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written, not figurative, to the letter, undeviating, unexaggerated |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, figurative, imaginative, loose |
| Main Entry: | prosaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimaginative |
| Synonyms: | actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat*, hackneyed, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, monotonous, mundane, nothing, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, vanilla*, vapid, yawn*, zero*, diddly, garden-variety, ho-hum, lusterless, matter-of- fact, nowhere, platitudinous, prosy, uninspiring, workaday |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | real |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | genuine in existence |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona fide, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, essential, evident, existing, factual, firm, heartfelt, honest, incarnate, indubitable, intrinsic, irrefutable, legitimate, live, material, original, palpable, perceptible, physical, positive, present, right, rightful, sensible, sincere, solid, sound, stable, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, unaffected, undeniable, undoubted, unfeigned, valid, veritable, embodied, existent, in the flesh |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, fake, false, feigned, imaginary, invalid, untrue |
| Main Entry: | sincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, natural, no-nonsense*, on the level*, open, outspoken, plain, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, unaffected, unfeigned, unpretentious, wholehearted, dead-level, honest to God, like it is, meant, no fooling, on the line, on up and up, pretensionless, sure enough, twenty-four carat, undesigning, undissembled, up-front |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tangible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, concrete |
| Synonyms: | actual, appreciable, corporeal, definite, discernible, distinct, evident, factual, gross, manifest, material, objective, observable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, plain, positive, sensible, solid, stable, substantial, tactile, touchable, verifiable, visible, well-grounded, detectable, embodied, incarnated |
| Antonyms: | abstract, imperceptible, intangible, unreal, conceptual |
| Main Entry: | unconditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, total |
| Synonyms: | actual, assured, categorical, certain, clear, complete, decisive, definite, downright, entire, explicit, final, flat out, full, genuine, indubitable, open, out-and-out*, outright, plenary, positive, thorough, thoroughgoing, unequivocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestionable, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, whole, wide, all out, determinate, no catch, no fine print, no holds barred, no ifs ands or buts, no kicker, no strings, straight out, unconstrained |
| Antonyms: | conditional, incomplete, limited, qualified, unfinished |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undeniable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, proven |
| Synonyms: | actual, binding, certain, clear, compulsory, evident, for sure*, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, manifest, necessary, obligatory, obvious, patent, positive, real, sound, sure, sure thing*, true, undoubted, unquestionable, beyond doubt, beyond question, inarguable, incontestable, no ifs and or buts, open and shut, unanswerable, unassailable |
| Antonyms: | disputable, indefinite, contestable, doubted, unproven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | veritable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authentic |
| Synonyms: | actual, bona fide, factual, genuine, indubitable, kosher*, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable, very, for real, legit |
| Antonyms: | fake, false, unreal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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