Antonyms for actual
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1. actualadjective

   Synonyms:
   positive

2. actualadjective

   Existing in act or reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact

   Antonyms:
   virtual, theoretical, nominal, potential, conceivable, estimated, speculative, possible, hypothetical

   Synonyms:
   positive, real, present

3. actualadjective

   Factual, real, not just apparent or even false

   The actual government expenses dramatically excede the budget

   Synonyms:
   present, positive, real

4. actualadjective

   In action at the time being; now existing.

   The actual situation of the world economy is worse then anyone expected a year ago

   Antonyms:
   past, future

   Synonyms:
   present, real, positive

5. actualadjective

   Active, not passive

   Synonyms:
   real, present, positive

6. actualadjective

   Used to emphasise a noun or verb, whether something is real or metaphorical.

   Synonyms:
   present, positive, real

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1. actual

   Real (Latin res, a thing) signifies having existence, not merely in thought, but in fact, or being in fact according to appearance or claim; denoting the thing as distinguished from the name, or the existent as opposed to the non-existent. Actual has respect to a thing accomplished by doing, real to a thing as existing by whatever means or from whatever cause, positive to that which is fixed or established, developed to that which has reached completion by a natural process of unfolding. Actual is in opposition to the supposed, conceived, or reported, and furnishes the proof of its existence in itself; real is opposed to feigned or imaginary, and is capable of demonstration; positive, to the uncertain or doubtful; developed, to that which is undeveloped or incomplete. The developed is susceptible of proof; the positive precludes the necessity for proof. The present condition of a thing is its actual condition; ills are real that have a substantial reason; proofs are positive when they give the mind certainty; a plant is developed when it has reached its completed stage. Real estate is land, together with trees, water, minerals, or other natural accompaniments, and any permanent structures that man has built upon it. Compare AUTHENTIC.

   Antonyms:
   conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary

   Synonyms:
   authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable

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1. actual

   Antonyms:
   potential, undeveloped, hypothetical, supposition, possible, virtual, theoretical, fabulous, fictitious, unreal

   Synonyms:
   developed, positive, unquestionable, demonstrable, certain, real, authentic

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1. actual, existentadjective

   presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

   "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, unreal, potential, latent, possible, false

   Synonyms:
   existing, literal, genuine, existent, real, factual

2. actualadjective

   taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated

   "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

   Antonyms:
   unreal, latent, noncurrent, potential, possible, false

   Synonyms:
   literal, genuine, existent, real, factual

3. actual, genuine, literal, realadjective

   being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

   "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

   Antonyms:
   potential, noncurrent, unreal, possible, false, latent

   Synonyms:
   literal, true(a), tangible, material, real, veridical, existent, genuine, factual, unfeigned, echt, substantial, real(a)

4. actual, factualadjective

   existing in act or fact

   "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

   Antonyms:
   potential, possible, latent, unreal, noncurrent, false

   Synonyms:
   literal, genuine, existent, real, factual

5. actualadjective

   being or existing at the present moment

   "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"

   Antonyms:
   possible, unreal, noncurrent, false, potential, latent

   Synonyms:
   literal, genuine, existent, real, factual

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1. actualadjective

   Antonyms:
   potential, nominal, hypothetical

   Synonyms:
   real, veritable

How to use actual in a sentence?

1. Kathy Hochul:

   So now Donald Trump accountants have fired Donald Trump and investigations draw closer to Donald Trump and right on cue, the noise machine gets turned up, fox leads the charge with accusations against me, counting on their audience to fall for it again. And as an aside, they're getting awfully close to actual malice.

2. Lael Brainard:

   The longer these drag on the more I worry that they really materially weigh on consumer confidence, business confidence, and then start to work their way through actual activity in the economy.

3. Eleni Linos:

   As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

4. Richard Aylmer-Hall:

   Hall said he didn't believe anyone was injured by the actual device. Investigators search next to a train at Parsons Green station in London. (Reuters) It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road. I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets.

5. Panagis Galiatsatos:

   For me, this case is not surprising, not unexpected and it goes along with the acute toxicity that we see from vaping happening in the most fragile parts of the lungs, for popcorn lung, the actual scientific name is bronchiolitis obliterans, and the bronchiolitis obliterans name implies obliterating the bronchioles, the most distal part of the lungs -- and that's what that disease did. It just knocked those completely out.

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