One entry found for actual.

Entry Word: actual
Function: adjective
Text: existing in fact and not merely as a possibility <the actual outcome of the election was quite different from what everybody expected>
Synonyms concrete, existent, factual, real, true, very
Related Words attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, validated, verified; incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable; believable, convincing, literal, realistic, unmistakable, verifiable; authentic, bona fide, genuine, real-life; absolute, certain, final, hard, palpable, positive, substantial, tangible; authoritative, certifiable, certified
Near Antonyms alleged, assumed, reputed, supposed; conceived, envisaged, imagined, pictured, visualized; chimerical, fabled, fanciful, fictional, fictitious, legendary, illusory; fabricated, fake, imaginary, invented, made-up, make-believe, pretend, romantic; abstract, unreal
Antonyms conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, nonexistent, possible, potential, theoretical (also theoretic)