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de facto has no recorded synonym. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is de jure.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
“de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law”
1 of the 2 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for de facto.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for de facto come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.