Phrase guide

for real

adj · adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Genuine, true; serious, earnest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Are you seriously like actually for real?
  • Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Genuinely, truly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جادّ (jādd) — genuine, true or natural
  • Arabic: صادق (ṣādiq) — genuine, true or natural
  • Tunisian Arabic: بالرسمي (birrasmī) — genuine, true or natural
  • Tunisian Arabic: بجدك (bjaddik) — genuine, true or natural
  • Catalan: de debò — genuine, true or natural
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真實 /真实 (zhēnshí) — genuine, true or natural
  • Esperanto: ĉu vere? — genuine, true or natural
  • Finnish: aito — genuine, true or natural
  • Finnish: tosi — genuine, true or natural
  • Finnish: totta — genuine, true or natural
  • French: pour de vrai — genuine, true or natural
  • French: véridique — genuine, true or natural
  • German: wahr — genuine, true or natural
  • German: wirklich — genuine, true or natural
  • German: wahrhaftig — genuine, true or natural
  • German: real — genuine, true or natural
  • German: Realität — genuine, true or natural
  • Isan: อีหลีติ (ii-lǐi-dtì) — genuine, true or natural
  • Japanese: マジ — genuine, true or natural
  • Russian: реальный (realʹnyj) — genuine, true or natural
  • Spanish: de verdad — genuine, true or natural
  • Spanish: de veras — genuine, true or natural
  • Swedish: riktig — genuine, true or natural
  • Swedish: korrekt — genuine, true or natural
  • Swedish: sann — genuine, true or natural
  • Swedish: på riktigt — genuine, true or natural
  • Thai: ถามจริง (tǎam-jing) — genuine, true or natural
  • Thai: จริงดิ — genuine, true or natural
  • Thai: จริงอะ — genuine, true or natural
  • Turkish: gerçek — genuine, true or natural
  • Turkish: gerçekten — genuine, true or natural
  • Turkish: cidden — genuine, true or natural
  • Turkish: vallahi — genuine, true or natural
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真的 (zhēn de) — truly
  • Esperanto: vere — truly
  • Finnish: oikeasti — truly
  • Finnish: todella — truly
  • French: bien sûr — truly
  • French: vraiment — truly
  • German: wirklich — truly
  • German: ernsthaft — truly
  • German: im Ernst — truly
  • Isan: อีหลี (ii-lǐi) — truly
  • Old English: soþlice — truly
  • Polish: autentyk — truly
  • Romanian: pe bune — truly
  • Russian: реально (realʹno) — truly
  • Spanish: de verdad — truly
  • Spanish: de veras — truly
  • Spanish: de vero — truly
  • Swedish: på riktigt — truly
  • Thai: จริง (jing) — truly
  • Thai: จริง ๆ — truly
  • Turkish: gerçekten — truly
  • Turkish: cidden — truly
  • Turkish: baya — truly