actual
Meaning of actual
- existing in fact; real.
the estimate was much less than the actual cost
- existing now; current.
using actual income to measure expected income
Middle English: from Old French actuel ‘active, practical’, from late Latin actualis, from actus (see act).
Information about actual
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of actual is: actuals.
- Languages in which actual is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of actual
ac-tual
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- actual is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
actual synonyms
Meaning existent:
Meaning genuine:
Meaning factual:
Meaning de facto:
Meaning rightly or strictly so called; genuine:
Meaning of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine:
Meaning make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true, accurate, or justified:
Meaning provide or serve as clear evidence of:
Meaning (of a person) firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change their ways:
Meaning clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful:
Meaning (of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated:
Meaning not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character:
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning unable to be denied or disputed:
Meaning used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor:
Meaning in existence or operation at the current time:
Meaning clear or obvious to the eye or mind:
Meaning real and tangible rather than imaginary:
Meaning not able to be disputed or doubted:
Meaning unable to be challenged or denied:
Meaning existing in fact, though not formally acknowledged as such:
Meaning having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected:
actual antonyms
Meaning existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality:
Translation of actual
- Spanish: efectivo, real, efectiva, actual, genuino, verdadero
- Italian: effettivo, reale, fattuale, attuale, presente, genuino, vero
- German: tatsächlich, momentan, gegenwärtig, derzeitig, augenblicklich, wahr, wirklich, eigentlich
- French: effectif
- Portuguese: efectivo
Words that rhyme with actual
affectual, artefactual, artifactual, aspectual, autointellectual, bipunctual, conflictual, contactual, contractual, counterfactual, delictual, effectual, factual, hyperintellectual, impactual, impunctual, ineffectual, instinctual, intellectual, lectual, luctual, mechanicointellectual, nonactual, noncontractual, nonfactual, noninstinctual, nonintellectual, nonpunctual, overintellectual, precontractual, preeffectual, prefectual, preintellectual, prepunctual, pseudointellectual, punctual, revictual, superintellectual, supraintellectual, tactual, unactual, uneffectual, unfactual, unintellectual, unpunctual, untactual, victual, nonperpetual, perpetual, Spiritual