Usually means: Genuinely true, not pretending.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. for real: Merriam-Webster
  2. for real: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. for real: Collins English Dictionary
  4. for-real: Wordnik
  5. for real: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. for-real, for real: Wiktionary
  7. for real: Dictionary.com
  8. For Real (Athena song), For Real (Okkervil River song), For Real (Tom Petty song), For Real (film), For Real: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. for real: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. for real: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. for real: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. for real: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. for real, for real: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. For real: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. For real, for real: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (for real)

▸ adjective:  (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
▸ adverb:  Genuinely, truly.

Similar:
very, deadass, real, honest, earnest, full-fledged, Wery, devout, superserious, serious, more...

Opposite:
fake, unreal, phony, counterfeit

Phrases:
Heaven Is for Real, Soul for Real, Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, This Time I Know It's for Real, Campaign for Real Ale, more...

Adjectives:
trew, real, legitimate, gradely, legit, official, trill, very, true, soothfast



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Similar:
very, deadass, real, honest, earnest, full-fledged, Wery, devout, superserious, serious, more...

Opposite:
fake, unreal, phony, counterfeit

Phrases:
Heaven Is for Real, Soul for Real, Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, This Time I Know It's for Real, Campaign for Real Ale, Service Interface for Real Time Information, My Love Is for Real, are you for real, more...

Adjectives:
trew, real, legitimate, gradely, legit, official, trill, very, true, soothfast



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