Synonyms: real
Definition: an old small silver Spanish coin
Similar words: coin
Definition: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
Synonyms: real
Definition: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
Similar words: Brazilian monetary unit
Definition: monetary unit in Brazil
Synonyms: real, real number
Definition: any rational or irrational number
Similar words: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number
Definition: (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
Definition: capable of being treated as fact
Usage: tangible evidence; his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
Similar words: concrete
Definition: capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
Usage: concrete objects such as trees
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
Synonyms: real
Definition: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
Usage: the real reason; real war; a real friend; a real woman; meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal; it's time he had a real job; it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
Similar words: proper
Definition: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
Usage: wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack; he finally has a proper job
Similar words: true
Definition: rightly so called
Usage: true courage; a spirit which true men have always admired; a true friend
Definition: coinciding with reality
Usage: perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception- F.A.Olafson
Similar words: realistic
Definition: aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
Usage: a realistic description; a realistic view of the possibilities; a realistic appraisal of our chances; the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans
Synonyms: real
Definition: not to be taken lightly
Usage: statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems; to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
Similar words: serious
Definition: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Usage: a serious student of history; a serious attempt to learn to ski; gave me a serious look; a serious young man; are you serious or joking?; Don't be so serious!
Synonyms: real
Definition: (of property) fixed or immovable
Usage: real property consists of land and buildings
Similar words: tangible
Definition: (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
Usage: tangible property like real estate; tangible assets such as machinery
Synonyms: genuine, literal, actual, real
Definition: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Usage: her actual motive; a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton; a genuine dilemma
Similar words: true
Definition: consistent with fact or reality; not false
Usage: the story is true; it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true- B. Russell; the true meaning of the statement