Definition for Actual:

• 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"

Synonyms for Actual:

• adj.

  •authoritative (adjective)
  • definitive.
  •beyond doubt (adjective)
  • indisputable.
  •certain (adjective)
  • absolute.
  •correct (adjective)
  • veridical,
  • unmistaken.
  •effective (adjective)
  • in operation.
  •existent (adjective)
  • existing,
  • present.
  •existing at the present time (adjective)
  • living,
  • prevailing,
  • live,
  • exact.
  •literal (adjective)
  • prosaic,
  • verbatim,
  • overt,
  • explicit.
  •real (adjective)
  • concrete,
  • solid,
  • honest.
  •substantial (adjective)
  • immanent,
  • sturdy,
  • palpable,
  • united,
  • appreciable,
  • physical,
  • substantive,
  • meaningful,
  • firm,
  • important,
  • considerable,
  • significant.

• adv

  •de facto (adverb)
  • in fact.

• n.

  •
  • entirely,
  • even,
  • awful,
  • actively.
  •
  • be,
  • really.
  •
  • kosher,
  • realistic,
  • apparent,
  • original,
  • real world.
  •actual (noun)
  • current,
  • de facto,
  • actualized,
  • actualised.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bloody,
  • any,
  • ever,
  • genuinely,
  • indeed,
  • awfully,
  • e'en,
  • frighteningly,
  • objective,
  • positively,
  • leastways.
  •
  • indubitable,
  • What,
  • undoubted.
  •
  • natural.
  •
  • good.
  •definite
  • positive.
  •genuine
  • valid.
  •Other relevant words:
  • corroborated,
  • get out,
  • clear-cut,
  • intervene,
  • categorical,
  • honest injun,
  • nonfictional,
  • carnal,
  • correctness,
  • body,
  • veracious,
  • authoritatively,
  • determined,
  • commonplace,
  • axiomatic,
  • appear,
  • incontestable,
  • bound,
  • in the flesh,
  • constitutional,
  • matter,
  • existence,
  • animate,
  • pure and simple,
  • intrinsic,
  • personally,
  • ponderable,
  • accrue,
  • enter,
  • usual,
  • new,
  • licit,
  • up-to-the-minute,
  • Unideal,
  • incarnate,
  • Realities,
  • honest-to-god,
  • trustworthy,
  • distinctly,
  • confirmed,
  • basically,
  • faultlessly,
  • reality,
  • surely,
  • betray,
  • visible,
  • clarify,
  • urgent,
  • contemporaneous,
  • convincing,
  • enact,
  • modern,
  • come out,
  • substance,
  • bob up,
  • positiveness,
  • certified,
  • definite,
  • uncover,
  • direct,
  • running,
  • unimpeachable,
  • become visible,
  • undisputed,
  • demonstrated,
  • exactness,
  • break out,
  • innate,
  • entity,
  • secure,
  • event,
  • ostensive,
  • Consummately,
  • safe,
  • self,
  • provable,
  • established,
  • happen,
  • testable,
  • present time,
  • validated,
  • meaning,
  • functioning,
  • archetypal,
  • particular,
  • inherent,
  • unconfuted,
  • confidently,
  • one and only,
  • official,
  • begin,
  • individually,
  • emerge,
  • underlying,
  • present-day,
  • fully,
  • verified,
  • unimagined,
  • Self-existent,
  • exactly,
  • homoousia,
  • trusted,
  • inborn,
  • routine,
  • amount,
  • definitely,
  • decidedly,
  • well-established,
  • import,
  • truth,
  • become known,
  • afoot,
  • truthful,
  • turn up,
  • originate,
  • specific,
  • certain,
  • mortal,
  • effectual,
  • phenomenal,
  • unwavering,
  • come,
  • Unconfutable,
  • inherited,
  • personal,
  • believable,
  • break,
  • individual,
  • full,
  • clearly,
  • perfectly,
  • sound,
  • smoothly,
  • become,
  • facsimile,
  • radiate,
  • attested,
  • credible,
  • legitimate,
  • indwelling,
  • assuredly,
  • unembellished,
  • real estate,
  • telling,
  • get,
  • proceed,
  • spring up,
  • result,
  • authenticated,
  • enlarge,
  • breathing,
  • expose,
  • deterministic,
  • underway,
  • exist,
  • fall out,
  • latest,
  • arise,
  • reveal,
  • well-founded,
  • seeable,
  • significance,
  • Inappealable,
  • echt,
  • reliable,
  • alter ego,
  • essence,
  • congenital,
  • being,
  • apparently,
  • organic,
  • primary,
  • developed,
  • subject,
  • betide,
  • proved,
  • evidently,
  • unvarnished,
  • demonstrable,
  • fact of life,
  • fact,
  • corporal,
  • legal,
  • copy,
  • accuracy,
  • substantiated,
  • ordinary,
  • follow,
  • manifest,
  • truly,
  • same,
  • easily,
  • operative,
  • practically,
  • cogent,
  • thoroughly,
  • as is,
  • verifiable,
  • contemporary,
  • pressing,
  • instant,
  • perceptible,
  • hereditary,
  • right,
  • unquestionable,
  • fundamental,
  • arrive,
  • actuality,
  • realized,
  • authoritative,
  • show,
  • undemonstrative,
  • precisely,
  • unelaborated,
  • incident,
  • operational,
  • going,
  • topical,
  • loyal,
  • inbred,
  • gist,
  • totally,
  • everyday,
  • absolutely,
  • unfeigned,
  • completely,
  • fleshly,
  • elemental,
  • foursquare,
  • essential,
  • prototypic,
  • self-evident,
  • Irrefragable,
  • occur,
  • plain,
  • compelling,
  • viable,
  • very thing,
  • practical,
  • unadulterated,
  • proper,
  • similar,
  • up-to-date,
  • develop,
  • source,
  • dependable,
  • weighty,
  • documentary,
  • irrefutable,
  • core,
  • evident,
  • master,
  • decided,
  • that is,
  • lightly,
  • earthly,
  • faithful,
  • realness,
  • tactile,
  • creditable,
  • pure,
  • touchable,
  • accurately,
  • fresh,
  • actually,
  • certainly,
  • confirmable,
  • incontrovertible,
  • native,
  • discernible,
  • ascertained,
  • corporeal,
  • decisively,
  • basic.

Paraphrases for Actual:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    real.
  • Noun, plural
    reales.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    real.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    factual.

• Independent

  • Cardinal number
    thousands.
  • Adjective
    DER, tangible, specific, exact, authentic, veritable, practical, accurate, pragmatic, topical, proper, effectual, particular, precise, absolute, definite, significant, empirical, original, de-facto, action-oriented, own, prevailing, textual, full-fledged, individual, correct, same, police-contributing, current, fundamental, serious, ultimate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    counts, practical, current.
  • Noun, plural
    outlays, peacekeepers, Expenditures, contingents, Duties, Rights, contributors, projects, merits, Prices, pixels, Appointments, Journeys, herds, Programs, figures.
  • Verb, past tense
    Occurred, Reached, Incurred, Obtained, Happened, Stood, Were, made.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    ruling, facing, happening.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists, Has, regards, means, Does.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    real-life, real.
  • Adverb
    real.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    real.

Antonyms for Actual:

• adj.

  • all
    potential.
  • existing at the present time
    old.
  • truly existing, real
    reputed, spiritual, past, legendary, fictitious, pretended, theoretical, nominal, unreal, hypothetical, mental, counterfeit, false, uncertain, unfixed.
  • Other antonyms:
    fabulous, visionary, conceived, fabricated, Inexistent, visualized, pictured, noncurrent, illusory, platonic, untrue, nonexistent, supposititious, reported, romantic, alleged, virtual, feigned, imaginary, envisioned, imagined, de jure.

Homophones for Actual:

• acetal, asystole, acquittal, a good deal, acaudal, actually, astutely, acutely, acetyl.