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Another word for actual

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Adjective

  1. Occurring or existing in act or fact

    See also:

    real

    be

  2. Not counterfeit or copied

      1. Beyond question or doubt.
      2. Not to be questioned, doubted, or disputed; certain
      3. Undeniable, obvious
      1. Not doubted or questioned; accepted:
      2. Not doubted, called in question, or disputed; certain
      3. Without doubt; without question; certain.
      1. Conforming to an original, pattern, rule, standard, etc.
      2. Properly called:
      3. Conforming to the characteristics or criteria of a group or type; typical:
      1. True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal:
      2. Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
      3. Existing or happening as or in fact; actual, true, etc.; not merely seeming, pretended, imagined, fictitious, nominal, or ostensible
      1. Capable of or given to inventing or creating something new, or thinking or acting in an independent, individual, fresh way
      2. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
      3. Preceding all others in time; first:
      1. Too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable.
      2. Clearly true; providing no possibility of doubt.
      3. That cannot be doubted; unquestionable
      1. (Sports) Landing within bounds or within a particular area of a court and therefore in play:
      2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
      3. Genuine; real:
      1. Being of pure or original stock:
      2. Actual; real:
      3. Really being what it is said to be or coming from the alleged source or origin; not counterfeit or artificial; real; true; authentic
      1. Authentic; genuine:
      2. Genuine; real
      3. In good faith. Acting, being, carried out, or made in good faith; authentic; genuine; sincere. In good faith. Acting, being, carried out, or made in good faith; authentic; genuine; sincere.
      1. (Law) Executed in a manner so as to produce legal effectiveness:
      2. True to its type; conforming to an original in style, methods, etc.
      3. That is in fact as represented; genuine; real
    See also:

    true

  3. In agreement or correspondence with fact

      1. Not counterfeit; real or genuine:
      2. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern:
      3. Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned:
      1. Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name:
      2. Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
      3. Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence:
    See also:

    real

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Another word for actual

Modifier

  1. True

    See also:

    genuine

  2. Existent

    See also:

    real

    See syn. study at

    real

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Sentence Examples

  • Yet even now there were no actual facts to go upon.

  • When was the last time they had an actual conversation?

  • Without the actual bones, how will we ever know?

  • The so-called " contracts," including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts and, most important of all, the actual legal decisions given by the judges in the law courts, exist in thousands.

  • "It will be a miracle if we even get there but if we do, you can turn away from the actual abduction," I said as I readied the equipment and turned on the recorder.

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