real

real is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
2. adjective. Royal; regal; kingly.
3. adjective. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
4. adjective. True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
5. adjective. Relating to things, not to persons.
6. adjective. Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
7. adjective. Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.
8. noun. A realist.
9. noun. an old small silver Spanish coin
10. noun. the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
11. noun. any rational or irrational number
12. adjective. capable of being treated as fact

    "tangible evidence"

    "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

    Synonyms: tangible

13. adjective. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary- Shakespeare

    "the substantial world"

    "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"

    Synonyms: material, substantial

14. adjective. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory- Longfellow

    "real objects"

    "real people; not ghosts"

    Synonyms: existent

15. adjective. no less than what is stated; worthy of the name

    "the real reason"

    "real war"

16. adjective. of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation

    "real prices"

    "real income"

17. adjective. coinciding with reality- F.A.Olafson

    "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"

    Synonyms: veridical

18. adjective. 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"

19. adjective. (of property) fixed or immovable

    "real property consists of land and buildings"

20. adjective. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something- G.K.Chesterton

    "her actual motive"

    "a literal solitude like a desert"

    Synonyms: actual, genuine, literal

21. adverb. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

    "she was very gifted"

    "he played very well"

    Synonyms: rattling, really, very

Synonyms

tangible, material, substantial, existent, veridical, actual, genuine, literal, rattling, really, very

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in real:

arle, earl, eral, lare, lear, rale

Common word forms

reals, realer, reales, really, realest, realise, reality, realize, realness

Words from these letters

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