## Meanings
1. Actually existing or happening, not imagined or invented.
2. Genuine, not fake, artificial, or copied.
3. True and sincere, not pretended.
4. Serious and important; not to be taken lightly.
5. Very; really (informal).

## Examples
- The film is based on a real person.
- This is real leather.
- These are real tears!
- Poverty and unemployment are very real problems.
- That was a real good movie.

## Synonyms
- actual
- authentic
- based
- genuine
- heartfelt
- true

## Antonyms
- artificial
- counterfeit
- fake
- feigned
- fictitious
- imaginary
- made-up
- nonreal
- pretend
- sham
- staged
- unreal

## Derived Forms
- antireal
- areal
- cyberreal
- derealization
- derealize
- hyperreal
- photoreal
- real-time
- real-valued
- real-world
- real-worlder
- realise

## Related Forms
- milreis
- regal
- royal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: real
- Root: reel
- Root: reālis
- Root: rēs
- Root: *reh₁ís

## Etymology
From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis.

## AI Etymology
Real comes from Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis. Modern senses include actually existing or happening, not imagined or invented. and genuine, not fake, artificial, or copied.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antireal, areal, cyberreal, derealization, derealize, and hyperreal and related forms such as milreis, regal, and royal.

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