REAL.
Synonyms:
| actual, | demonstrable, | genuine, | true, |
| authentic, | developed, | positive, | unquestionable, |
| certain, | essential, | substantial, | veritable. |
Real (L. res, a thing) signifies having existence, not merely in thought, but in fact, or being in fact according to appearance or claim; denoting the thing as distinguished from the name, or the existent as opposed to the non-existent. Actual has respect to a thing accomplished by doing, real to a thing as existing by whatever means or from whatever cause, positive to that which is fixed or established, developed to that which has reached completion by a natural process of unfolding. Actual is in opposition to the supposed, conceived, or reported, and furnishes the proof of its existence in itself; real is opposed to feigned or imaginary, and is capable of demonstration; positive, to the uncertain or doubtful; developed, to that which is undeveloped or incomplete. The developed is susceptible of proof; the positive precludes the necessity for proof. The present condition of a thing is its actual condition; ills are real that have a substantial reason; proofs are positive when they give the mind certainty; a plant is developed when it has reached its completed stage. Real estate is land, together with trees, water, minerals, or other natural accompaniments,[302] and any permanent structures that man has built upon it. Compare [AUTHENTIC].
Antonyms:
| conceived, | feigned, | illusory, | supposed, | unreal, |
| fabulous, | fictitious, | imaginary, | supposititious, | untrue, |
| fanciful, | hypothetical, | reported, | theoretical, | visionary. |
REASON, v.
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