I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.
Source: tatoeba (1342)
Real
/ɹil/
Synonyms for "real" (356 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (72)
Adjective(28 words)
actualgenuinetangibleactual assignmentactual conditionsactual ecosystemactual evidenceactual hardwareactual outcomeactual performanceactual resultsactual systemactual worldauthenticauthentic artifactauthentic behaviorauthentic celebrationauthentic cultureauthentic earthinessauthentic evidence
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authentic native referenceauthentic sourcesauthentic specimenconcreteconcrete objectconcrete realityconcrete termscorporeal form
absoluteactualadmitting no questionalgebraic numberalgorismicalgorithmicaliquotalmightyappreciablearithmeticalascertainedattestedauthenticauthenticatedawfullyaxiomaticbona fidecandidcard carryingcard-carrying
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cardinalcardinal numbercategorically truecertaincertifiedcomplex numberconcreteconfirmableconfirmedcorporealcorroboratedde factodecimaldefective numberdefinitivedemonstrabledemonstratabledemonstrated
Noun(2 words)
be originalconcrete model
Strong matches (106)
determineddifferentialdigitaldinkumdocumentaryearnesteffectiveeffectualessentialestablishedeveneven numberexceedinglyexistentexponentialfactualfeodalfeudalfeudatoryfigural
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figuratefigurativefinitefinite numberfleshfollowing the letterfor realfractionfractionalgaussian integergentrygenuinegoodhardheartfelthistoricalhonesthonest-to-godimaginaryimaginary numberimpairimplicitimpossibleinappealableinartificialincontestableincontrovertibleindisputableindubitableinfiniteinfinityintegerintegralintrinsicirrationalirrational numberirrefragableirrefutablejustlawfullegallegitimatelicitlifelikeliterallivelogarithmiclogometricloyalmanorialmaterialmightilymightymixed numbernaturalnaturalisticnegative
Adjective(20 words)
Noun(6 words)
italian legittimomaterial entitymaterial resourcesmore actualmore genuinemost actual
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (178)
not in errornumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericalobjectively trueoddofficialonly tooordinaloriginalpairpalpablephysicalpolygonal numberponderablepositivepossiblepowerful
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powerfullypraedialprettyprimeprime numberproperprovableprovedpukkapurepure imaginaryquiteradicalrationalrational numberreal numberrealisticreallyreciprocalrectangular numberrightrightfulround numberseigneurialseignioralself-evidentsensibleserial numbersimon puresimon-puresimplesinceresosolidsterlingsubmultiplesubstantialsubstantiatedsubstantivesurdsuresure enoughsure-enoughtangibleterriblyterrificallytestabletranscendentaltranscendental numbertransfinite numbertruetrue as gospeltrue to lifetrue to naturetrue to realitytrustedtrustworthytruthfulunadulteratedunaffectedunanswerableunassumedunassuminguncoloredunconcoctedunconfutableunconfuteduncopieduncounterfeitedundemonstrativeundeniableundeniedundesigningundisguisedundisguisingundistortedundoubtedunerroneousunexaggeratedunfabricatedunfallaciousunfalseunfancifulunfeignedunfeigningunfictitiousunflatteringunimaginedunimitatedunimpeachableuninventedunlikelyunmistakenunpretendedunpretendingunqualifiedunquestionableunrefutableunrefutedunromanticunsimulatedunspeciousunsyntheticunvarnishedvalidvalidatedveraciousverbalverbatimveridicalverifiableverifiedverisimilarveritableverywhole numberword for wordword-for-word
Noun(14 words)
objective lensoriginal textoriginal workphysical properties diagramportuguese genuínoportuguese tangívelpuckareal numberromanian existasample of substancespanish genuinosubstantial empirical supporttangible assetstangible goods
Adjective(21 words)
official memorandumoriginal accountphysical conceptphysical entityphysical evidencephysical factorphysical lawsphysical substancepracticalreallysolid samplesubstantialsubstantive feedbacksubstantive mattertangible physicalitytangible propertiestouchable objecttruetrue statementtruly
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Adverb(5 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: actual, genuine, tangible, actual, true.
- Sentence evidence is available for real, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "real".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "real"
Keep "real" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "real" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "real", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "real" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesBrazilian monetary unitadjectiveadverbadverb of degreeattributecoincomplex numbercomplex quantitydescriptorimaginaryimaginary numbermath conceptnumber typesnumbersqualification
More specific
9 entriesabsolutelyauthentic artifactcompletelyextremelygenuine articleintegersirrational numbersrational numberstotally
Collocations
12 entriesreal datareal differencereal easyreal fastreal goodreal hardreal interestingreal lifereal numbersreal problemreal quickreal world
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 65 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γνήσιος adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ἀληθινός adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Arabic
4 entries- حَقيقي adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- حَقِيقِيّ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- واقعي adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- وَاقِعِيّ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Armenian
1 entries- իրական adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Assamese
1 entries- আচল adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- həqiqi adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- əsl adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Bashkir
1 entries- ысын adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Belarusian
2 entries- рэа́льны adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- сапра́ўдны adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- действи́телен adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- и́стински adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- реа́лен adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Burmese
2 entries- စစ် adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- အစစ် adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Catalan
3 entries- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ver adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- veritable adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 真實的 /真实的 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- 真的 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Czech
2 entries- reálný adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- skutečný adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Danish
2 entries- virkelig adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ægte adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Dutch
2 entries- echt adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- waar adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Esperanto
1 entries- vera adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Estonian
2 entries- päris adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- tõeline adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Finnish
2 entries- todellinen adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- tosi adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
French
2 entries- réel adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- vrai adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Galician
1 entries- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Georgian
3 entries- მართალი adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ნამდვილი adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- რეალური adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
German
3 entries- echt adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- wahr adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- wirklich adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Greek
1 entries- αληθινός adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Hebrew
2 entries- אמיתי adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ממשי adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Hindi
3 entries- असली adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- वास्तविक adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- सच्चा adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Hungarian
3 entries- igaz adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- valódi adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- valós adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Icelandic
1 entries- satt adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Italian
2 entries- reale adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- vero adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Japanese
2 entries- 現実の adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- 真実の adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Kazakh
1 entries- нағыз adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Khmer
1 entries- ពិត adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Korean
4 entries- 실제(實際)의 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- 진 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- 진실(眞實)의 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- 참 adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Lao
1 entries- ຈິງ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Latin
1 entries- vērus adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Latvian
3 entries- reāls adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- īstens adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- īsts adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Macedonian
3 entries- вистински adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- реален adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- стваран adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Malayalam
1 entries- യഥാർത്ഥ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Marathi
1 entries- वास्तविक adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Mongolian
1 entries- жинхэнэ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Norman
2 entries- réel adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- véthitabl'ye adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Norwegian
1 entries- virkelig adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Old English
1 entries- sōþ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كرچك adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Persian
1 entries- حقیقی adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Polish
1 entries- prawdziwy adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Portuguese
3 entries- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- verdadeiro adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- vero adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Romanian
4 entries- adevărat adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- prea adj (signifying meritorious qualities or actions)
- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- super adj (signifying meritorious qualities or actions)
Russian
4 entries- действи́тельный adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- и́стинный adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- настоя́щий adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- реа́льный adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वास्तविक adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- सत्य adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- furam svoj fazon adj (signifying meritorious qualities or actions)
- rȅālan adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- stvȃran adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- ре̏а̄лан adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Slovak
2 entries- reálny adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- skutočný adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Slovene
2 entries- realen adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- resničen adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Spanish
4 entries- auténtico adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- real adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- verdadero adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- vero adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Swedish
2 entries- sann adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- verklig adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Tagalog
1 entries- tunay adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳақиқӣ adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Telugu
2 entries- అసలు adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- నిజమైన adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Thai
1 entries- จริง adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Turkish
2 entries- doğru adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- hakiki adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Tuvan
1 entries- ёзулуг adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ді́йсний adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- реа́льний adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- спра́вжній adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- і́стинний adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Vietnamese
3 entries- thiệt adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- thật adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- thực adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Volapük
1 entries- jenöfik adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Yiddish
3 entries- אמתדיק adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- עכט adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- רעאַל adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Zazaki
2 entries- heqiqi adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
- rast (diq) adj (true, genuine, not merely nominal)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
There are no real visions.
Source: tatoeba (1767)
Jason was a taciturn individual, so it was always a real surprise when he said anything.
Source: tatoeba (1947)
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.
Source: tatoeba (1952)
Showing 4 of 34 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "real"?
Closest matches include actual, genuine, tangible, actual, true.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "real"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.