real

real is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

ready - real - realize

Pronunciation

• enPR: rēəl, riəl, rēl, IPA ^(key): /ˈriːəl/ or /rɪə̯l/ or /riːl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Homophone: reel

Adjective

Positive real

Comparative more real

Superlative most real

Positive real

Comparative realer

Superlative realest

1. A thing that is true is real.

   Strange as the story sounded, the story was real.

2. Something that is not artificial is real.

   The nice shoes were of real leather.

Antonyms

• fake

Related words

• really
• reality
• realism
• unreal
• unrealistic
• unrealistically
• unreality
• realistic
• realistically
• realist