adjective True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.
adjective Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
This is real leather.
adjective Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
These are real tears!
adjective Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
a description of real life
adjective That has objective, physical existence.
No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
adjective Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power .
My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.
adjective Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
adjective Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.