" real "

1: being exactly as appears or as claimed;

  * e.g., " ... this shirt is real silk, not polyester "

•  Synonyms : 

•  authentic,

•  bona fide,

•  certifiable,

•  certified,

•  dinkum,

•  echt,

•  genuine,

•  honest,

•  pukka,

•  right,

•  sure-enough,

•  true

•  Antonyms : 

•  bogus,

•  counterfeit,

•  fake,

•  false,

•  mock,

•  phony,

•  pseudo,

•  sham,

•  spurious,

•  suppositious,

•  supposititious,

•  unauthentic,

•  unreal

2: existing in fact and not merely as a possibility;

  * e.g., " ... asked her parents if the Tooth Fairy was real "

•  Synonyms : 

•  actual,

•  concrete,

•  de facto,

•  effective,

•  existent,

•  factual,

•  genuine,

•  sure-enough,

•  true,

•  very

•  Antonyms : 

•  conjectural,

•  hypothetical,

•  ideal,

•  inexistent,

•  nonexistent,

•  platonic,

•  possible,

•  potential,

•  suppositional,

•  theoretical

3: free from any intent to deceive or impress others;

  * e.g., " ... real folk who don't put on airs "

•  Synonyms : 

•  artless,

•  genuine,

•  guileless,

•  honest,

•  ingenuous,

•  innocent,

•  naive,

•  natural,

•  simple,

•  sincere,

•  true,

•  unaffected,

•  unpretending,

•  unpretentious

•  Antonyms : 

•  affected,

•  artful,

•  artificial,

•  assuming,

•  dishonest,

•  dissembling,

•  dissimulating,

•  fake,

•  false,

•  guileful,

•  insincere,

•  phony,

•  pretentious

1: as in real-life, authentic;

•  Synonyms : 

•  authentic,

•  bona fide,

•  real-life,

•  actual,

•  concrete,

•  de facto,

•  effective,

•  existent,

•  factual,

•  genuine,

•  real,

•  sure-enough,

•  true,

•  very,

•  attested,

•  authenticated,

•  confirmed,

•  demonstrated,

•  established,

•  proven,

•  substantiated,

•  valid,

•  validated,

•  verified,

•  incontestable,

•  incontrovertible,

•  indisputable,

•  indubitable,

•  inescapable,

•  irrefutable,

•  undeniable,

•  unquestionable,

•  believable,

•  convincing,

•  literal,

•  realistic,

•  unmistakable,

•  verifiable,

•  absolute,

•  certain,

•  final,

•  hard,

•  objective,

•  palpable,

•  positive,

•  substantial,

•  tangible,

•  authoritative,

•  certifiable,

•  certified

•  Antonyms : 

•  alleged,

•  assumed,

•  reputed,

•  supposed,

•  conceived,

•  envisaged,

•  envisioned,

•  imagined,

•  pictured,

•  visualized,

•  chimerical,

•  fabled,

•  fanciful,

•  fictional,

•  fictitious,

•  illusory,

•  legendary,

•  fabricated,

•  fake,

•  imaginary,

•  invented,

•  made-up,

•  make-believe,

•  pretend,

•  romantic,

•  abstract,

•  symbolic,

•  unreal,

•  virtual,

•  conjectural,

•  hypothetical,

•  ideal,

•  inexistent,

•  nonexistent,

•  platonic,

•  possible,

•  potential,

•  suppositional,

•  theoretical

1: happening in the real world rather than in a story;

  * e.g., " ... real-life problems "

•  Synonyms : 

•  authentic,

•  bona fide,

•  real-world,

•  actual,

•  concrete,

•  de facto,

•  effective,

•  existent,

•  factual,

•  genuine,

•  real,

•  sure-enough,

•  true,

•  very,

•  attested,

•  authenticated,

•  confirmed,

•  demonstrated,

•  established,

•  proven,

•  substantiated,

•  valid,

•  validated,

•  verified,

•  incontestable,

•  incontrovertible,

•  indisputable,

•  indubitable,

•  inescapable,

•  irrefutable,

•  undeniable,

•  unquestionable,

•  believable,

•  convincing,

•  literal,

•  realistic,

•  unmistakable,

•  verifiable,

•  absolute,

•  certain,

•  final,

•  hard,

•  objective,

•  palpable,

•  positive,

•  substantial,

•  tangible,

•  authoritative,

•  certifiable,

•  certified

•  Antonyms : 

•  alleged,

•  assumed,

•  reputed,

•  supposed,

•  conceived,

•  envisaged,

•  envisioned,

•  imagined,

•  pictured,

•  visualized,

•  chimerical,

•  fabled,

•  fanciful,

•  fictional,

•  fictitious,

•  illusory,

•  legendary,

•  fabricated,

•  fake,

•  imaginary,

•  invented,

•  made-up,

•  make-believe,

•  pretend,

•  romantic,

•  abstract,

•  symbolic,

•  unreal,

•  virtual,

•  conjectural,

•  hypothetical,

•  ideal,

•  inexistent,

•  nonexistent,

•  platonic,

•  possible,

•  potential,

•  suppositional,

•  theoretical

1: to a great degree;

  * e.g., " ... this fish tastes real good "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achingly,

•  almighty,

•  archly,

•  awful,

•  awfully,

•  badly,

•  beastly,

•  blisteringly,

•  bone,

•  colossally,

•  corking,

•  cracking,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dang,

•  deadly,

•  desperately,

•  eminently,

•  enormously,

•  especially,

•  ever,

•  exceedingly,

•  extra,

•  extremely,

•  fabulously,

•  fantastically,

•  far,

•  fiercely,

•  filthy,

•  frightfully,

•  full,

•  greatly,

•  heavily,

•  highly,

•  hugely,

•  immensely,

•  incredibly,

•  intensely,

•  jolly,

•  majorly,

•  mightily,

•  mighty,

•  monstrous,

•  mortally,

•  most,

•  much,

•  particularly,

•  passing,

•  rattling,

•  really,

•  right,

•  roaring,

•  roaringly,

•  seriously,

•  severely,

•  so,

•  sore,

•  sorely,

•  spanking,

•  specially,

•  stinking,

•  such,

•  super,

•  supremely,

•  surpassingly,

•  terribly,

•  that,

•  thumping,

•  too,

•  unco,

•  uncommonly,

•  vastly,

•  very,

•  vitally,

•  way,

•  whacking,

•  wicked,

•  wildly

•  Antonyms : 

•  little,

•  negligibly,

•  nominally,

•  slightly,

•  somewhat

1: the largest number or amount that something can hold;

  * e.g., " ... the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition "

•  Synonyms : 

•  capacity,

•  complement,

•  cubage,

•  volume

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: the largest number or amount that something can hold;

  * e.g., " ... the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition "

•  Synonyms : 

•  capacities,

•  complements,

•  cubages,

•  volumes

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: being exactly as appears or as claimed;

  * e.g., " ... The rumors are for real: the happy couple is expecting a baby in June. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  authentic,

•  bona fide,

•  certifiable,

•  certified,

•  dinkum,

•  echt,

•  genuine,

•  honest,

•  pukka,

•  real,

•  right,

•  sure-enough,

•  true

•  Antonyms : 

•  bogus,

•  counterfeit,

•  fake,

•  false,

•  mock,

•  phony,

•  pseudo,

•  sham,

•  spurious,

•  suppositious,

•  supposititious,

•  unauthentic,

•  unreal

1: to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in;

  * e.g., " ... I'm not sure I ever got the new math "

•  Synonyms : 

•  learn,

•  master,

•  pick up

•  Antonyms : 

•  unlearn

2: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);

  * e.g., " ... don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catch,

•  come down (with),

•  contract,

•  go down (with),

•  sicken (with),

•  take

•  Antonyms : 

•  miss,

•  overlook,

•  pass over

3: to become the father of;

  * e.g., " ... Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beget,

•  father,

•  sire

•  Antonyms : 

•  forfeit,

•  lose