for real

See also: for-real

English

Alternative forms

fr (abbreviation)
for-real (usually used only in the comparative or superlative)

Adjective

for real (comparative more for real, superlative most for real)

(informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
Is his story for real?
- 1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor:
  […] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person
- 1996, Spice Girls (band), Wannabe (song)
  Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real?

Translations

genuine, true or natural

Catalan: de debò (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真實／真实 (zh) (zhēnshí)
Finnish: aito (fi), tosi (fi), totta (fi)
French: pour de vrai (fr) (familiar), véridique (fr) m or f
German: wahr (de), wirklich (de), wahrhaftig (de), real (de), (eine) Realität
Japanese: マジ
Spanish: ¿de veras?
Swedish: riktig (sv), korrekt (sv), sann (sv), på riktigt

Adverb

for real (not comparable)

Genuinely, truly.
This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

Synonyms

earnestly; see also Thesaurus:honestly

Antonyms

for fake (humorous)

Translations

truly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 真的 (zh) (zhēn de)
Finnish: oikeasti (fi), todella (fi)
French: bien sur, vraiment (fr)
German: wirklich (de), ernsthaft (de), im Ernst
Polish: autentyk (pl) (colloquial)
Spanish: ¿de veras?
Swedish: på riktigt

Derived terms

for reals (slang)
for realsies (slang)

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