real Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Real

Antonyms of Real

Real in a Sentence

City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.

This is real leather.

These are real tears!

a description of real life

No one has ever seen a real unicorn.

My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.

What is the real GNP of this polity?

real estate; real property

This is a real problem.

I'm keeping it real.

yo, Imma be real with u... don't ever text me again

When I told him the truth, he got real mad.

Se looked at me real strange.

real estate;  real property

unable to believe that what he saw was real

real gold

a real professional

saw a real live celebrity

a story of real life

left school to live in the real world

Great nurse. Flawed human being, and an irreparable one. That's also what made her real, and relatable …

On the afternoon of May 28, resident Rick Grant told The Enterprise as he waited with other grievers in the town hall's town-board room for his turn before a board, We all want the same thing: Be real on the taxes, do a proper assessment, a fair assessment.

For every follower of the PEANUTS comics knows about the Little Red-Haired Girl, the character who intrigues a shy Charlie Brown. Hem he does, and haw he will, and every reader fidgets, too, knowing that such moments are utterly human and all too real.

We're living through strange times in America, but that hasn't stopped Chrissy Teigen from being her wonderfully authentic self on social media—from showing up to husband John Legend's Instagram Live concert in a towel to sharing some real talk about childbirth.

Coach Tucker has always just kept it real with me from the start. … He's been one of the most honest coaches. He's not about the B.S., hype and all that.

The thing that makes college basketball so fascinating to me is that almost everyone's a hair away from the dream … . And, let's keep it real, a lot of them are in school just for the experience needed to get to the next level.

a real gas

a real fiasco

real income

real dollars

the real roots of an equation

a real matrix

real analysis

real variable

real property

this shirt is real silk, not polyester

asked her parents if the Tooth Fairy was real

real folk who don't put on airs

this fish tastes real good

saw a real live celebrity / a story of real life

Great nurse. Flawed human being, and an irreparable one. That's also what made her real, and relatable … / On the afternoon of May 28, resident Rick Grant told The Enterprise as he waited with other grievers in the town hall's town-board room for his turn before a board, We all want the same thing: Be real on the taxes, do a proper assessment, a fair assessment. / For every follower of the PEANUTS comics knows about the Little Red-Haired Girl, the character who intrigues a shy Charlie Brown. Hem he does, and haw he will, and every reader fidgets, too, knowing that such moments are utterly human and all too real. / We're living through strange times in America, but that hasn't stopped Chrissy Teigen from being her wonderfully authentic self on social media—from showing up to husband John Legend's Instagram Live concert in a towel to sharing some real talk about childbirth. / Coach Tucker has always just kept it real with me from the start. … He's been one of the most honest coaches. He's not about the B.S., hype and all that. / The thing that makes college basketball so fascinating to me is that almost everyone's a hair away from the dream … . And, let's keep it real, a lot of them are in school just for the experience needed to get to the next level.

real income / real dollars

the real roots of an equation / a real matrix

Word Forms & Grammar

re·al·ness noun

all too real

get real

getting real

gets real

got real

gotten real

keep it real

keeps it real

keeping it real

kept it real

real talk

real

realer

realest

realness

realnesses

reals

reais

reales

reis

re·ales

re·als

rial

riales

rials

riyal

riyals

ryal

real (comparative realer or more real, superlative realest or most real)

real (not comparable)

real (plural reals)

real (plural reals or reales)

real (plural reis or réis or reals)

real (plural reais or reals)

Words That Rhyme With Real

Origin of Real

Origin 1: Middle English, real, relating to things (in law), from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin realis relating to things (in law), from Late Latin, real, from Latin res thing, fact; akin to Sanskrit rayi property

Origin 2: Portuguese, from real royal, from Latin regalis

Origin 3: Spanish, from real royal, from Latin regalis royal

Origin 4: Persian, from Arabic riyāl riyal

Origin 5: Arabic riyāl, from Spanish real real

Origin 6: From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis. In modern times, likely strengthened by or conflated with the use of the prefix re-, analyzable as re- + -al.

Origin 7: Borrowed from Spanish real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

Origin 8: From Portuguese real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal; royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

First Known Use

14th century

1718

circa 1626

1951

1555

1930

1856