List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 312

SYNONYMS: real, actual, true, existent.
These adjectives are compared as they mean not imaginary but having verifiable existence.

Real implies that something is genuine or authentic or that what it seems or purports to be tallies with fact: Don't lose the ring; it's made of real gold.
Actual means existing and not merely potential or possible: The though of an actual war frightened him.
True implies that something is consistent with fact, reality, or the actual state of things: It is true that we will go.
Existent applies to what has life or being: Much of the caviar existent in the world is in the Soviet Union and Iran.