Actually

//ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li//

Synonyms for "actually" (107 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

Translations

140 translations across 60 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • eintlik adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • τῷ ὄντι adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • ἀληθῶς adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • ἐτήτυμον adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فِعْلًا adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Armenian

1 entries
  • իրականում adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • əslində adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • əslinə qalanda adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Basque

1 entries
  • benetan adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • дапра́ўды adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • сапра́ўды adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • факты́чна adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • в действителност adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • всъщност adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Catalan

2 entries
  • de fet adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • en realitat adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 其實 /其实 adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • 究竟 adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Czech

2 entries
  • opravdu adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • skutečně adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Danish

1 entries
  • egentlig adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Dutch

3 entries
  • eigenlijk adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • feitelijk adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • in werkelijkheid adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

East Central German

1 entries
  • aangtlich adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • efektive adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • fakte adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tegelikult adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Finnish

3 entries
  • itse asiassa adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • oikeastaan adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • varsinaisesti adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

French

2 entries
  • effectivement adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • en fait adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ნამდვილად adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • რეალურად adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • სინამდვილეში adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • ფაქტობრივად adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

German

4 entries
  • aigetli adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • eigentlich adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • in Wahrheit adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • in Wirklichkeit adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Greek

1 entries
  • βασικά adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • למעשה adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Hindi

4 entries
  • असल में adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • यों adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • वाकई adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • वाक़ई adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ami azt illeti adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • igazság szerint adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • igazából adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • tulajdonképpen adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • raunar adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • reyndar adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • itse assiaas adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • effectivemente adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Italian

4 entries
  • concretamente adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • davvero adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • effettivamente adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • in verità adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 実は adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • 実際に adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • 本当に adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តាមពិត adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • តាមពិតទៅ adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Korean

1 entries
  • 사실 adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Latin

1 entries
  • rēvērā adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Ligurian

2 entries
  • defæti adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • infæti adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Malay

4 entries
  • sebenarnya adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • sebenarnya adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • sebetulnya adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • sebetulnya adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Middle English

1 entries
  • trewely adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Māori

1 entries
  • iara adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Nepali

2 entries
  • खास मा adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • वास्तव मा adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • for øyeblikket adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • reelt sett adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • egentlig adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • faktisk adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • i virkeligheten adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • faktisk adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Old English

1 entries
  • sōþlīċe adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Persian

3 entries
  • در حقیقت adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • در واقع adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • راستش adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Polish

4 entries
  • autentycznie adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • faktycznie adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • naprawdę adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • właściwie adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • na realidade adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • na verdade adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਵਾਕਿਆ adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Romanian

1 entries
  • de fapt adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Russian

4 entries
  • вообще́-то adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • действи́тельно adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • на са́мом де́ле adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • факти́чески adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Slovene

2 entries
  • dejansko adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • v bistvu adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de hecho adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • de veras adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • de verdad adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • de vero (desus.) adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Swedish

4 entries
  • egentligen adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • faktiskt adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • i själva verket adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • verkligen adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Tajik

1 entries
  • дарвоқеъ adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Thai

1 entries
  • จริงจริงแล้ว adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Turkish

1 entries
  • aslında adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ді́йсно adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • наспра́вді adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Urdu

3 entries
  • در حقیقت adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • دراصل adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • واقعی adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • thật ra adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • thực ra adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • thực sự là adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Volapük

1 entries
  • jenöfo adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Welsh

1 entries
  • mewn gwirionedd adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • eigentlik adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אייגנטלעך adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • בפּועל adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • בפּועל־ממש adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)
  • ממש adv (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.

Source: tatoeba (1843)

Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.

Source: tatoeba (2006)

Did you actually see the accident?

Source: tatoeba (16024)

Was the money actually paid?

Source: tatoeba (18589)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.