Word Meanings - ACTUAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Involving or comprising action; active. Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality;
Additional info about word: ACTUAL
1. Involving or comprising action; active. Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, coceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin , that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin." Syn. -- Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ACTUAL)
- Accurate
- Careful
- exact
- faithful
- precise
- correct
- close
- truthful
- strict
- just
- actual
- nice
- Certain
- true
- fixed
- regular
- established
- incontrovertible
- undoubtful
- indubitable
- infallible
- unmistakable
- sure
- unfailing
- real
- undeniable
- positive
- convinced
- assured
- Good \adj Right
- complete
- sound
- pious
- benevolent
- propitious
- serviceable
- suitable
- efficient
- sufficient
- competent
- valid
- considerable
- honorable
- reputable
- righteous
- proper
- upright
- excellent
- Literal
- Exact
- grammatical
- verbal
- plain
- Positive
- substantial
- absolute
- independent
- unconditional
- unequivocal
- explicit
- settled
- definitive
- indisputable
- decisive
- express
- enacted
- confident
- direct
- dogmatic
- overbearing
- dogmatical
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ACTUAL)
Related words: (words related to ACTUAL)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - ACCURATENESS
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. - DIRECT CURRENT
A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the - ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - DOGMATIC
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric. - LITERALNESS
The quality or state of being literal; literal import. - DIRECTER
One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel. - CONVINCIBLE
1. Capable of being convinced or won over. 2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. Sir T. Browne. - INDISPUTABLE
Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly, - UNMISTAKABLE
Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv. - REGULARITY
The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion. - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - ENACTMENT
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - CORRECTLY
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. - GRAMMATICAL
1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule. 2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. - ACTUALIZE
To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge. - EXACTING
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. - ENACTURE
Enactment; resolution. Shak. - STRICT
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn. -- Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. -- Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - BRIGHT
See I - HIGH-SOUNDING
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. - REFIX
To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. - INSUFFICIENTLY
In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately. - RESOUND
resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame - ASTRICT
To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill. (more info) 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot. 2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to - BILITERALISM
The property or state of being biliteral. - BOA CONSTRICTOR
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. - CHRONOGRAMMATIC; CHRONOGRAMMATICAL
Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - IRREGULARITY
The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.