Synonyms for actual

Some common synonyms of actual are: actual [a.] 1. Real, veritable, true, substantial, objective, determinate, decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain, genuine, very, not merely imagined, not imaginary, not merely supposed or fancied, not fictitious, that exists in deed and in truth, de jure as well as de facto, ideal (in pregnant sense), really ideal, ideally real, bona fide, thorough, thoroughgoing, in entelechy, entelechic. 2. Present, now existing, now in being, sensibly real, sensible, perceptible, de facto, in hard fact, at this moment, here and now, just this present, un-ideal, in act, in actu, in process, energizing, energic, in energy.