What does factual mean?

factual means "existing in act or fact". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in factual?

factual has 3 syllables: fac-tu-al. The stress falls on "fac". In IPA it is /ˈfæktʃuəl/.

What is another word for factual?

Close synonyms include actual. 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 factual a common word?

factual is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

factual — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
existing in act or fact
“rocks and trees...the actual world”
“actual heroism”
“the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced”
Synonymsactual
Similarreal
2.
of or relating to or characterized by facts
“factual considerations”

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What does factual mean?: factual means "existing in act or fact". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in factual?: factual has 3 syllables: fac-tu-al. The stress falls on "fac". In IPA it is /ˈfæktʃuəl/.

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