factual
[adjective]
Synonyms: true, authentic, correct, exact, genuine, precise, real, true-to-life

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Antonyms: illusory
Contrasted words: erroneous, false, questionable, wrong
Related Words: certain, undoubted, veritable, authentic, legitimate, unquestionable, valid

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English Thesaurus: true, accurate, undeniable/indisputable, factual, verifiable, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: fact; adverb: factually; adjective: factual]
based on facts or relating to facts:
Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.
factual information/knowledge/statements etc
Libraries are stores of factual information.
The report contained a number of factual errors.
—factually adverb:
The document is factually correct.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

factual
adj.
VERBS be | keep sth Try to keep your account as factual as possible.
ADV. entirely, purely, strictly | basically, largely | supposedly the speculative nature of the supposedly factual information conveyed through the media

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

true based on real facts, and not imagined or invented:
The film was based on a true story.
Do you think the rumours are true?
accurate based on facts and not containing any mistakes – used about descriptions, information, and numbers:
The measurements are accurate.
His assessment of the current economic situation is accurate.
undeniable/indisputable definitely true, so that no one can argue or disagree about it:
It is indisputable that the situation has got worse.
The decline in inflation was undeniable, even if the reasons for the decline were unclear.
factual based on facts, or involving facts:
The court makes its decision based on factual evidence.
There is very little factual information about the incident.
a factual account of what happened
The questions ask for a purely factual answer, not for opinion.
verifiable formal able to be proven to be true or correct:
The data was verifiable.
it is a fact used when saying that something is definitely true:
It is a fact that women live longer than men.
be the truth to be true – used when saying that someone is not lying:
What I told you was the truth.
be the case if a situation is the case, that is the way the situation truly is:
It is certainly the case that crime rates are lower in Europe than in the US.

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