Actual

//ˈækʃuəl//

Synonyms for "actual" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (41)

Adjective(2 words)
earnestlegit

Related words (69)

Adjective(1 words)
real

Related word relations

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9 relation types

Antonyms

8 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

5 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

19 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

related to

26 entries

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similar

8 entries

Translations

158 translations across 35 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • حَاضِر adj (in action at the time being)
  • حَقِيقِيّ adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • رَاهِن adj (in action at the time being)
  • فِعْلِيّ adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • факты́чны adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Bengali

3 entries
  • আসল adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • খোদ adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • বাস্তব adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • актуа́лен adj (in action at the time being)
  • действи́телен adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • действи́телен adj (emphasise a noun)
  • реа́лен adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Catalan

2 entries
  • real adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • real adj (in action at the time being)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 實際的 /实际的 adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • 現實的 /现实的 adj (in action at the time being)

Czech

1 entries
  • skutečný adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Dutch

4 entries
  • actueel adj (in action at the time being)
  • daadwerkelijk adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • echt adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • effectief adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • aktuala adj (in action at the time being)
  • efektiva adj (in action at the time being)
  • fakta adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • kuranta adj (in action at the time being)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ajankohtainen adj (in action at the time being)
  • nykyinen adj (in action at the time being)
  • suoranainen adj (emphasise a noun)
  • todellinen adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

French

2 entries
  • effectif adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • réel adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მიმდინარე adj (in action at the time being)
  • ნამდვილი adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • ფაქტობრივი adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

German

4 entries
  • aktuell adj (in action at the time being)
  • gegenwärtig adj (in action at the time being)
  • konkret adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • tatsächlich adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Greek

1 entries
  • πραγματικός adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Hausa

1 entries
  • ainihin adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Hindi

2 entries
  • वास्तविक adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • सत्य adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aktuális adj (in action at the time being)
  • fennálló adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • igazi adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • jelenlegi adj (in action at the time being)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • actual adj (in action at the time being)
  • effective adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • existente adj (in action at the time being)
  • real adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Italian

4 entries
  • attuale adj (in action at the time being)
  • concreto adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • corrente adj (in action at the time being)
  • effettivo adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 実際の adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • 現実の adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Latin

1 entries
  • vērus adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Middle English

3 entries
  • actual adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • actual adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • actual adj (in action at the time being)

Māori

2 entries
  • tinana adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • tinana adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • faktisk adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • reell adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • virkelig adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كرچك adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Polish

3 entries
  • aktualny adj (in action at the time being)
  • prawdziwy adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • właściwy adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • actual adj (in action at the time being)
  • efectivo adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • em si adj (emphasise a noun)
  • real adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Russian

4 entries
  • действи́тельный adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • действи́тельный adj (in action at the time being)
  • и́стинный adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • настоя́щий adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cinnteach adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • cinnteach adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)

Spanish

4 entries
  • actual adj (in action at the time being)
  • concreto adj (emphasise a noun)
  • efectivo adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • en sí adj (emphasise a noun)

Swedish

4 entries
  • aktuell adj (in action at the time being)
  • befintlig adj (in action at the time being)
  • faktisk adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • reell adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Turkish

4 entries
  • aktüel adj (in action at the time being)
  • asıl adj (emphasise a noun)
  • esas adj (emphasise a noun)
  • gerçek adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • актуа́льний adj (in action at the time being)
  • ді́йсний adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • ді́йсний adj (in action at the time being)
  • пото́чний adj (in action at the time being)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • có thật adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • hiện nay adj (in action at the time being)
  • hiện thời adj (in action at the time being)
  • hiện tại adj (in action at the time being)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • באמתדיק adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • פֿאַקטיש adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)
  • פֿאַקטיש adj (factual, real, not just apparent or even false)
  • רעאַל adj (existing in act or reality, not just potentially)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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That is an actual fact.

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This is an actual happening.

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This story is based on actual events.

Source: tatoeba (57257)

Those were his actual words.

Source: tatoeba (67036)

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