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for real

for real adjective: genuine, true; serious, earnest.

Adjective

for real (comparative more for real, superlative most for real)

  1. (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
    • Are you seriously like actually for real?
    • Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now.

Adverb

for real (not comparable)

  1. Genuinely, truly.
    • This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!
    Synonyms:
    earnestly

for real meaning in Kannada, Arabic and Thai

for real in Kannada

ಕಲ್ಪಿತವಲ್ಲದ, ತೋರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲದ, ನಟನೆಯಲ್ಲದ, ಸತ್ಯವಾದ, ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾದ, ಸತ್ವಯುತವಾದ

for real in Arabic

genuine, true or natural
جادّ jādd, صادق ṣādiq

for real in Thai

genuine, true or natural
ถามจริง tǎam-jing, จริงดิ, จริงอะ
truly
จริง jing, จริง ๆ jing-jing

Examples of for real in a sentence

  • […] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor:
  • Some people / Are up to no good, ah / But baby, I'm for real / I'm as real as real can get1971, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”, performed by The Dramatics:
  • 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:

Synonyms of for real

Antonyms

Forms of for real

comparativemore for real
superlativemost for real
alternative abbreviationfr
alternative usuallyfor-real
alternative formforreal
alternative formforeal
alternative formfor reals
alternative formfor realsies

Words formed from for real

Questions about for real

What does for real mean?
For real means genuine, true; serious, earnest.
What is for real in Kannada?
For real in Kannada is ಕಲ್ಪಿತವಲ್ಲದ, ತೋರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲದ, ನಟನೆಯಲ್ಲದ. See For real meaning in Kannada.
How do you use for real in a sentence?
[…] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person
What part of speech is for real?
For real can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near for real in the dictionary

  1. for one's particular
  2. for one's trouble
  3. for openers
  4. for Pete's sake
  5. for pity's sake
  6. for real
  7. for real and for true
  8. for real life
  9. for reals
  10. for realsies
  11. for reasons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for real (page history and authors); for real (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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