real

real (http://definr.com/real)

     adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
            existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
            not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
            illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
            earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: existent] [ant: unreal]
     2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "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" [syn: real(a)] [ant: unreal]
     3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
        something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
        desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
         genuine, literal]
     4: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real
        mink"; "true gold" [syn: true]
     5: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that
        poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the
        man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
     6: possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
        brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
        the poor" [syn: tangible]
     7: (economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing
        power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal]
     8: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
        imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
        substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and
        substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, material]
        [ant: insubstantial]
     9: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
        land and buildings; real estate"
     10: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a
         surprising resemblance to veridical perception"-
         F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical]
     11: founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate
         experiencing the real world for the first time"
     n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number]
     2: an old small silver Spanish coin
     adv : intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well";
           "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used
           informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about
           it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good
           yarn") [syn: very, really, rattling]