actual
actual is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Involving or comprising action; active. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Involving or comprising action; active.
- adjective. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
- adjective. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
- noun. Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
- adjective. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
"the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
"actual and imagined conditions"
- adjective. being or existing at the present moment
"the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
- adjective. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
"we saw the actual wedding on television"
"filmed the actual beating"
- adjective. existing in act or fact
"rocks and trees...the actual world"
"actual heroism"
- adjective. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something- G.K.Chesterton
"her actual motive"
"a literal solitude like a desert"
Synonyms
existent, factual, genuine, literal, real
Common word forms
actuals, actually, actualise, actuality, actualize, actualness
Words from these letters
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