real

adj.

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ all too, very

▪

Her suffering was all too real.

▪

the very real danger of war

▪ frighteningly

▪

The possibility of being arrested was frighteningly real.

▪ enough

▪

The pearls looked real enough.

PHRASES

▪ real and/or imaginary, real and/or imagined

▪

real or imagined threats to national security

Real is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑advantage, ↑affection, ↑affinity, ↑agenda, ↑ale, ↑alternative, ↑amusement, ↑anger, ↑anguish, ↑answer, ↑appreciation, ↑artist, ↑asset, ↑assistance, ↑bargain, ↑battle, ↑beauty, ↑benefit, ↑bind, ↑bitterness, ↑blessing, ↑bonus, ↑boon, ↑bore, ↑breakthrough, ↑business, ↑cause, ↑challenge, ↑chance, ↑character, ↑charm, ↑class, ↑cock-up, ↑coffee, ↑commitment, ↑complex, ↑confidence, ↑connoisseur, ↑contender, ↑contest, ↑context, ↑conversation, ↑conviction, ↑cost, ↑coup, ↑credibility, ↑crime, ↑criminal, ↑crux, ↑culprit, ↑danger, ↑dedication, ↑degree, ↑delight, ↑democracy, ↑dent, ↑desire, ↑deterrent, ↑dialogue, ↑diamond, ↑difference, ↑difficulty, ↑dilemma, ↑disadvantage, ↑disappointment, ↑disaster, ↑dislike, ↑distinction, ↑distress, ↑doubt, ↑drawback, ↑earnings, ↑effort, ↑emergency, ↑emotion, ↑empathy, ↑enemy, ↑enjoyment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑essence, ↑excitement, ↑existence, ↑experience, ↑expert, ↑explanation, ↑family, ↑fan, ↑father, ↑fault, ↑fear, ↑feeling, ↑fight, ↑figure, ↑find, ↑flair, ↑focus, ↑food, ↑freedom, ↑friend, ↑friendship, ↑fur, ↑gain, ↑gem, ↑genius, ↑gentleman, ↑gold, ↑grief, ↑grievance, ↑growth, ↑hammering, ↑handicap, ↑hardship, ↑hazard, ↑headache, ↑heart, ↑heir, ↑help, ↑hero, ↑heroine, ↑heroism, ↑high, ↑highlight, ↑hit, ↑hope, ↑horror, ↑hunger, ↑hurry, ↑idiot, ↑impact, ↑importance, ↑improvement, ↑incentive, ↑incident, ↑income, ↑independence, ↑inequality, ↑initiative, ↑insight, ↑intention, ↑interest, ↑intimacy, ↑issue, ↑jerk, ↑job, ↑joy, ↑kick, ↑killer, ↑knack, ↑laugh, ↑leadership, ↑leather, ↑lesson, ↑life, ↑lifeline, ↑lift, ↑likelihood, ↑loser, ↑love, ↑luxury, ↑magic, ↑mark, ↑meaning, ↑menace, ↑merit, ↑mess, ↑miracle, ↑misery, ↑mother, ↑motivation, ↑motive, ↑mum, ↑murderer, ↑mystery, ↑name, ↑nature, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑neighbourhood, ↑nightmare, ↑nuisance, ↑number, ↑opportunity, ↑option, ↑parent, ↑passion, ↑people, ↑pity, ↑pleasure, ↑possibility, ↑potential, ↑power, ↑privilege, ↑probability, ↑problem, ↑professional, ↑progress, ↑promise, ↑proof, ↑reason, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑regret, ↑relevance, ↑remorse, ↑return, ↑risk, ↑romantic, ↑sacrifice, ↑sadness, ↑scandal, ↑science, ↑self, ↑sense, ↑shame, ↑shock, ↑sign, ↑significance, ↑situation, ↑solution, ↑star, ↑stir, ↑strain, ↑strength, ↑struggle, ↑stumbling block, ↑style, ↑substance, ↑subtlety, ↑success, ↑suffering, ↑surprise, ↑suspense, ↑sympathy, ↑talent, ↑target, ↑taste, ↑tear, ↑tenderness, ↑tennis, ↑tension, ↑term, ↑terror, ↑test, ↑thing, ↑threat, ↑thrill, ↑tooth, ↑tragedy, ↑treat, ↑trial, ↑trick, ↑triumph, ↑trouble, ↑truth, ↑turning point, ↑understanding, ↑vacation, ↑value, ↑venom, ↑villain, ↑virtue, ↑wage, ↑warmth, ↑weakness, ↑winner, ↑world, ↑worry