His remark was not intended to be a factual statement.
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Factual
/ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/
Synonyms for "factual" (232 found)
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Closest matches (47)
absoluteaccurateactualadducibleadmissibleadmitting no questionascertainedattestativeattestedattestiveauthenticauthenticatedauthoritativeaxiomaticbased onbona fidecategorically truecertaincertifiedcircumstantial
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Adjective(15 words)
Noun(2 words)
base decisions on factsdata organizations
Strong matches (69)
Adjective(24 words)
declarativedescriptive labeldescriptive wordsdocumentary portrayalempirical dataempirical evidenceempirical findingsempirical research dataempirical studiesempirical study dataexpository essay sampleexpository writing promptfact-focusedhistorical descriptionhistorical literaturehistorical recounthistorical traitindicative moodinformationalinformational article
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demonstrabledemonstratabledemonstrateddeterminativedetermineddocumentarydocumentedeffectualempiricalestablishedevidentialevidentiaryex parteeye-witnesseyewitnessfaithfulfinalfirsthandfor realfounded on
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Noun(9 words)
documentary evidenceempirical energy dataempirical study designempirical supportfact basedfact based portrayalfact drivenhistorically accurateinformational copy
Related words (116)
irresistiblelegitimatematerialmatter-of-factnot in errornuncupativeobjectiveobjectively trueoverwhelmingpositiveprecisepresumptiveprobativeprosaicprovableprovedrealrealisticreliableright
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self-evidentsignificantstraightforwardsubstantialsubstantiatedsuggestivesuresure enoughsure-enoughsymptomatictellingtestabletruetrue as gospeltrue to lifetruthfulunanswerableunbiasedunconfutableunconfutedundeniableundeniedundistortedundoubtedunerroneousunexaggeratedunfallaciousunfalseunimpeachableunmistakenunprejudicedunquestionableunrefutableunrefutedunvarnishedvalidvalidatedveraciousverifiableverifiedveritableweighty
Noun(21 words)
italian dichiararejournalistic objectivityliteral religious artmatter of factmatter-of-fact stylemore actualmore empiricalmore scientificmore signal amendment intentmost actualnon inquiry topicnonfictionnonfiction bookobjective lensobjective measurementproof from experimentsrealesrealistscientifically accuratestate accurately
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Adjective(32 words)
literalliteral phraseliteral writing styleneutralnewsiestnon-evaluativenonfictionalnoninterpretive readingnonliterary worldnonpartisanobjectiveobjective factobjective modifierobjective writingobservational descriptorreal lifereal world descriptorscience-basedsubstantial entitytrue
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true statementtruertruesttruthfultruthful responseunembellishedunembellished accountunembellished descriptionunembellished factsunembellished reportveridicalverifiable
Adverb(1 words)
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Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
5 entriesfactual accountfactual datafactual reportfactual reportingfactual statement
Collocations
6 entriesfact basedfactual evidencefactual informationfactual reportingfactual statementverifiable data
Inflections
2 entriesmore factualmost factual
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πραγματικός adj (of facts)
Bulgarian
2 entries- действи́телен adj (of facts)
- факти́чески adj (of facts)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 事實 /事实 adj (of facts)
Czech
1 entries- faktický adj (of facts)
Danish
1 entries- faktuel adj (of facts)
Dutch
1 entries- feitelijk adj (of facts)
Finnish
4 entries- asiapitoinen adj (of facts)
- todellinen adj (of facts)
- tosiasiallinen adj (of facts)
- tosiasioihin perustuva adj (of facts)
French
2 entries- effectif adj (of facts)
- factuel adj (of facts)
Georgian
3 entries- ნამდვილი adj (of facts)
- ფაქტიური adj (of facts)
- ფაქტობრივი adj (of facts)
German
3 entries- auf Tatsachen beruhend adj (of facts)
- faktisch adj (of facts)
- sachlich adj (of facts)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 adj (of facts)
Greek
1 entries- πραγματικός adj (of facts)
Hindi
1 entries- वास्तविक adj (of facts)
Hungarian
1 entries- tényszerű adj (of facts)
Indonesian
1 entries- faktual adj (of facts)
Italian
4 entries- concreto adj (of facts)
- effettivo adj (of facts)
- fattuale adj (of facts)
- reale adj (of facts)
Japanese
1 entries- 事実上の adj (of facts)
Korean
1 entries- 사실(事實)의 adj (of facts)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- актуалдуу adj (of facts)
- фактыларга негизделген adj (of facts)
- чыныгы adj (of facts)
Occitan
2 entries- factual adj (of facts)
- factuau adj (of facts)
Polish
1 entries- faktyczny adj (of facts)
Portuguese
2 entries- factual adj (of facts)
- fatual adj (of facts)
Romanian
2 entries- efectiv adj (of facts)
- faptic adj (of facts)
Russian
2 entries- действи́тельный adj (of facts)
- факти́ческий adj (of facts)
Spanish
3 entries- efectivo adj (of facts)
- factual adj (of facts)
- fáctico adj (of facts)
Swahili
1 entries- ukweli adj (of facts)
Swedish
2 entries- faktamässig adj (of facts)
- faktuell adj (of facts)
Turkish
1 entries- somut adj (of facts)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַקטיש adj (of facts)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Don't make factual statements without a source.
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As a consequence of its fun factor, Tatoeba contains random bits of factual information.
Source: tatoeba (860591)
Copyright tip #1: Copyright protects the particular way authors have expressed themselves. It does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in a work.
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