Textual thesaurus for "actual"

(adj) existent

presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

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

(adj) factual

existing in act or fact

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

(adj) genuine, literal, real

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