Word Definition

Real

  1. True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
  2. A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
  3. Royal; regal; kingly.
  4. Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
  5. A realist.
  6. Relating to things, not to persons.
  7. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
  8. Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.