'factual' definitions:
Definition of 'factual'
From: WordNet
adjective
Existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual, factual]
adjective
Of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations"
Definition of 'factual'
From: GCIDE
- factual \fac"tu*al\ (f[a^]k*t[-u]"al), a.
- 1. of or pertaining to facts; as, factual inaccuracies. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'factual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- accurate,
- actual,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- admitting no question,
- ascertained,
- attestative,
- attested,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- based on,
- bona fide,
- categorically true,
- certain,
- certified,
- circumstantial,
- conclusive,
- confirmable,
- confirmed,
- convincing,
- correct,
- corroborated,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- de facto,
- decisive,
- demonstrable,
- demonstratable,
- demonstrated,
- determinative,
- determined,
- documentary,
- documented,
- effectual,
- established,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- eye-witness,
- faithful,
- final,
- firsthand,
- for real,
- founded on,
- genuine,
- grounded on,
- hard,
- hearsay,
- historical,
- honest-to-God,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- irrefragable,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- legitimate,
- material,
- not in error,
- nuncupative,
- objective,
- objectively true,
- overwhelming,
- positive,
- precise,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- provable,
- proved,
- real,
- realistic,
- reliable,
- self-evident,
- significant,
- straightforward,
- substantial,
- substantiated,
- suggestive,
- sure,
- sure-enough,
- symptomatic,
- telling,
- testable,
- true,
- true as gospel,
- true to life,
- truthful,
- unanswerable,
- unbiased,
- unconfutable,
- unconfuted,
- undeniable,
- undenied,
- undistorted,
- undoubted,
- unerroneous,
- unexaggerated,
- unfallacious,
- unfalse,
- unimpeachable,
- unmistaken,
- unprejudiced,
- unquestionable,
- unrefutable,
- unrefuted,
- unvarnished,
- valid,
- validated,
- veracious,
- verifiable,
- verified,
- veritable,
- weighty