Word.ws English Dictionary

on the real

on the real adverb: for real, seriously.

Adverb

on the real (not comparable)

  1. (informal) For real, seriously.
    • Unless you pull out the fat, crispy / Five-dollar bill, on the real, before it's history1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz
    • On the real, are you secretly afraid you're gay?2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 55

Questions about on the real

What does on the real mean?
On the real means for real, seriously.
What part of speech is on the real?
On the real is an adverb.

Words near on the real in the dictionary

  1. on the raw
  2. on the razz
  3. on the razzle
  4. on the razzle-dazzle
  5. on the ready
  6. on the real
  7. on the receiving end
  8. on the record
  9. on the reg
  10. on the reggo
  11. on the regs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on the real (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “on the real.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/on_the_real. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.