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| 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: | 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: | empirical/empiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical; based on experience |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved |
| 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: | matter-of-fact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, unembellished |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, calm, cold, cold-blooded*, deadpan, down-to-earth*, dry, dull, earthy, emotionless, factual, feasible, flat, hard-boiled*, impassive, impersonal, lifeless, mundane, naked*, objective, phlegmatic, plain, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, serious, sober, stoic, stolid, unaffected, unimaginative, unvarnished, prosy, unidealistic, unimpassioned, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | emotional, imaginative, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | compact, epigrammatic, factual, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty, full of content |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, thin |
| 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: | 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: | truthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, honest |
| Synonyms: | believable, candid, correct, exact, factual, faithful, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous, just, kosher*, literal, on the level*, open, outspoken, precise, real, realistic, reliable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, unfeigned, unreserved, veracious, veritable, legit, like it is, on the up and up, plainspoken, truth-telling |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, hypocritical, inaccurate, lying, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | veracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | true |
| Synonyms: | accurate, credible, dependable, direct, ethical, factual, faithful, frank, genuine, honest, just, kosher*, on the level*, open, reliable, right, righteous, straightforward, strict, true-blue*, trustworthy, truthful, up front, valid, high-principled, legit, like it is, on the line, on the up and up, straight-arrow, undeceptive, veridical |
| Antonyms: | false, untrue |
* = 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
| Main Entry: | de facto |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | from the fact |
| Synonyms: | actual, existing, factual, real, from fact, in fact, in reality |
| Main Entry: | empirical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, speculative, empiric, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, theoretical, theoretic, unobserved, unproved |
| Main Entry: | well-founded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on sound reasoning |
| Synonyms: | factual, solid, based on hard data, based on hard facts, proven, rock-solid, substantiated |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
| Synonyms: | authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the nose*, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, unerring, unmistakable, veracious, defined, discriminative, on the button, on the money, ultraprecise |
| Antonyms: | careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | authoritative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recognized as true, valid |
| Synonyms: | accurate, attested, authentic, authenticated, circumstantiated, confirmed, definitive, dependable, documented, factual, faithful, learned, legit, proven, reliable, righteous, scholarly, sound, straight from horse's mouth, supported, trustworthy, truthful, validated, verified, veritable |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, exact |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle*, actual, amen*, appropriate, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, impeccable, just, legitimate, nice, okay, on the ball*, on the nose*, perfect, precise, proper, regular, right, right stuff*, righteous, rigorous, stone, strict, true, veracious, cooking with gas, dead on, free of error, on target, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on track, right as rain, right on, undistorted, unmistaken, veridical |
| Antonyms: | inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong, flawed, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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