| Main Entry: | substantive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nominal |
Synonyms: |
common noun, noun, proper noun |
| Notes: | substantial means considerable or sizeable; substantive means actual or firm |
| Main Entry: | actual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | truly existing, real |
Synonyms: |
absolute, authentic, categorical, certain, concrete, confirmed, definite, factual, for real, genuine, hard, honest injun, honest to God, indisputable, indubitable, kosher*, physical, positive, realistic, substantial, substantive, sure enough, tangible, true, truthful, undeniable, unquestionable, verified |
Antonyms: |
counterfeit, false, fictitious, imaginary, legendary, pretended, unreal |
| Main Entry: | real |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | genuine in existence |
Synonyms: |
absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona fide, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, embodied, essential, evident, existent, existing, factual, firm, heartfelt, honest, in the flesh, 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 |
Antonyms: |
dishonest, fake, false, feigned, imaginary, invalid, untrue |
| Main Entry: | reality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts of existence |
Synonyms: |
absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line, brass tacks, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game, nuts and bolts, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what |
Antonyms: |
belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory |
| Main Entry: | self |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being |
Synonyms: |
character, ego, egocentrism, identical, identity, individual, individuality, individualization, myself, narcissism, oneself, own, person, personal, personality, proprium, psyche, selfhood, substantive |
Antonyms: |
other |
| Main Entry: | self |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
Apician, bred in the lap of luxury, brutish, cade, centered in self, cosseted, covetous, crapulous, debauched, dissolute, earthly, earthly-minded, egotistic, egotistical, epicurean, fast, full-fed, illiberal, inabstinent, indulged, intemperate, interested, licentious, luxurious, mean, mercenary, mundane, narrow-minded, nursed in the lap of luxury, pampered, paphian, piggish, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, selfish, sensual, swinish, sybaritical, time-serving, ungenerous, unspiritual, venal, voluptuous, wild, worldly, worldly-minded, worldly-wise, wrapt up
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