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for real en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
    • Some people / Are up to no good, ah / But baby, I'm for real / I'm as real as real can get 1971, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”, performed by The Dramatics:
    • Are you seriously like actually for real?
    • Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now.
    • Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real? 1996, “Wannabe”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls:
    • […] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person 1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
forreal alternative lexicographic
most for real Degree=Sup lexicographic
fr Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
for reals alternative lexicographic
for realsies alternative lexicographic
for-real alternative, used only in the comparative or superlative, usually lexicographic
foreal alternative lexicographic
more for real Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (33)

sv korrekt (genuine, true or natural) · de real (genuine, true or natural) · sv riktig (genuine, true or natural) · de wahr (genuine, true or natural) · fr pour de vrai (genuine, true or natural) · tr vallahi (genuine, true or natural) · ru реальный (genuine, true or natural) · th จริงดิ (genuine, true or natural) · fi aito (genuine, true or natural) · fr véridique (genuine, true or natural) · tr gerçekten (genuine, true or natural) · sv sann (genuine, true or natural) · ja マジ (genuine, true or natural) · fi totta (genuine, true or natural) · tts อีหลีติ (genuine, true or natural) · th จริงอะ (genuine, true or natural) · ar جادّ (genuine, true or natural) · aeb بالرسمي (genuine, true or natural) · es de veras (genuine, true or natural) · aeb بجدك (genuine, true or natural) · de wahrhaftig (genuine, true or natural) · eo ĉu vere? (genuine, true or natural) · es de verdad (genuine, true or natural) · de wirklich (genuine, true or natural) · sv på riktigt (genuine, true or natural) · cmn 真實 /真实 (genuine, true or natural) · ar صادق (genuine, true or natural) · tr cidden (genuine, true or natural) · tr gerçek (genuine, true or natural) · th ถามจริง (genuine, true or natural) · ca de debò (genuine, true or natural) · fi tosi (genuine, true or natural) · de Realität (genuine, true or natural)

for real en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Genuinely, truly.
    • This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
for-real alternative, used only in the comparative or superlative, usually lexicographic
for reals alternative lexicographic
foreal alternative lexicographic
fr Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
for realsies alternative lexicographic
forreal alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

for fake

Deriveds

for reals · for realsies · fetchy · for real and for true · for real life

Synonyms

earnestly

Translations (23)

fr vraiment (truly) · es de verdad (truly) · ru реально (truly) · cmn 真的 (truly) · de ernsthaft (truly) · tr cidden (truly) · de wirklich (truly) · de im Ernst (truly) · tts อีหลี (truly) · tr gerçekten (truly) · tr baya (truly) · pl autentyk (truly) · eo vere (truly) · es de veras (truly) · ro pe bune (truly) · fi todella (truly) · es de vero (truly) · th จริง ๆ (truly) · th จริง (truly) · sv på riktigt (truly) · ang soþlice (truly) · fi oikeasti (truly) · fr bien sûr (truly)