Definition: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
Usage: the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different; actual and imagined conditions
Similar words: effective
Definition: existing in fact; not theoretical; real
Usage: a decline in the effective demand; confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done
Definition: having existence or being or actuality
Usage: an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient; much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran
Definition: in operation
Usage: keep hope alive; the tradition was still alive; an active tradition
Definition: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
Usage: real objects; real people; not ghosts; a film based on real life; a real illness; real humility; Life is real! Life is earnest!- Longfellow
Similar words: actual
Definition: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
Usage: we saw the actual wedding on television; filmed the actual beating
Similar words: actual, factual
Definition: existing in act or fact
Usage: rocks and trees...the actual world; actual heroism; the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced
Similar words: documentary, objective
Definition: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
Usage: objective art
Similar words: historical
Definition: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
Usage: the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events