irl
irl is the alternative letter-case form of IRL.
Proper noun capitalized: IRL
IRL
- Initialism of Indy Racing League.
Adverb capitalized: IRL
IRL (not comparable)
- Initialism of in real life (as opposed to online).
- There are the same battles of the sexes, the same conflicts of interests, the same struggles to make friends. This world has the perils as well as the pleasure that you experience in real life or IRL as MUD players call it.1995 September 22, Benjamin Woolley, 22 minutes from the start, in The Net, season 2, episode 2
- Due to the splendid isolation guaranteed by her social position she had never met a cock IRL and, as there was no Wi-Fi in the palace, she had no opportunity to check the facts.2015, Joanna Walsh, Grow a Pair
- Synonyms:
- in the flesh, offline
Adjective capitalized: IRL
IRL (not comparable)
- Existing or being such in real life.
- His IRL girlfriend.
- But as Poppy’s fictional world expanded, Pereira became embroiled in IRL controversy.2020 January 10, Aimee Cliff, “Poppy: I Disagree review – online pop-bot embraces IRL nu-metal”, in The Guardian
Noun capitalized: IRL
IRL (plural IRLs)
- An IRL friend.
Synonyms of irl
Forms of irl
| plural | irls |
|---|---|
| plural | IRLs |
Origin of irl
Initialisms and abbreviations.
Questions about irl
- What does irl mean?
- Irl means existing or being such in real life.
- What is irl the alternative letter-case form of?
- Irl is the alternative letter-case form of IRL.
- What part of speech is irl?
- Irl can be a proper noun, an adverb, an adjective or a noun.
Words near irl in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irl (page history and authors); IRL (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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