Real - Definition

adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant:
unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat
and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a
real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
[ant: unreal]
3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty
and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man
sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
poor" [syn: real, tangible]
5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected
for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
[ant: nominal]
7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material]
[ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings"
9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising
resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn:
veridical, real]
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
3: an old small silver Spanish coin