<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.</li><li>existing or occurring as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious: a story taken from real life.</li><li>being an actual thing; having objective existence; not imaginary: The events you will see in the film are real and not just made up.</li><li>being actually such; not merely so-called: a real victory.</li><li>genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; authentic: a real antique; a real diamond; real silk.</li><li>unfeigned or sincere: a real friend.</li><li>Informal: absolute; complete; utter: She's a real brain.</li><li>Philosophy: existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent.</li><li>actual as opposed to possible or potential.</li><li>independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent.</li><li>(of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value: Inflation has driven income down in real terms, though nominal income appears to be higher.</li><li>Optics: (of an image) formed by the actual convergence of rays, as the image produced in a camera (virtual).</li><li>Mathematics: of, relating to, or having the value of a real number.</li><li>using real numbers: real analysis; real vector space.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: very or extremely: You did a real nice job painting the house.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>real number: the real, something that actually exists, as a particular quantity.</li><li>reality in general.</li></ul>