Antonyms for for real


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : ree-uh l, reel
Phonetic Transcription : ˈri əl, ril


Definition of for real

Origin :
  • early 14c., "actually existing, true;" mid-15c., "relating to things" (especially property), from Old French reel "real, actual," from Late Latin realis "actual," in Medieval Latin "belonging to the thing itself," from Latin res "matter, thing," of uncertain origin. Meaning "genuine" is recorded from 1550s; sense of "unaffected, no-nonsense" is from 1847.
  • Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. [Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"]
  • Real estate is first recorded 1660s and retains the oldest English sense of the word. Noun phrase real time is early 19c. as a term in logic and philosophy, 1953 as an adjectival phrase; get real, usually an interjection, was U.S. college slang in 1960s, reached wide popularity c.1987.
  • As in on the level : adj quite honest
  • As in authentic : adj real, genuine
  • As in substantial : adj material, real
  • As in unvarnished : adj plain, honest
  • As in veritable : adj authentic
  • As in bona fide : adj authentic and genuine
  • As in actual : adj truly existing, real
  • As in earnest : adj serious; very important
  • As in genuine : adj authentic, real
  • As in honest-to-God : adj genuine
  • As in indeed : adv actually
  • As in really : adv without a doubt
  • As in seriously : adv not humorously
  • As in surely : adv without doubt
  • As in genuinely : adv really
  • As in verily : adv really
  • As in for sure : adv definitely

Synonyms for for real

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