as a matter of fact

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   in reality or actuality

   “in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived”

   “painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated”

   “as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father”

   Synonymsin factin point of fact

Questions about as a matter of fact

What does as a matter of fact mean?

as a matter of fact means "in reality or actuality".

What is another word for as a matter of fact?

Close synonyms include in fact, in point of fact. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is as a matter of fact a common word?

as a matter of fact is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.