in point of fact

1. 1.

   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 factas a matter of fact

Questions about in point of fact

What does in point of fact mean?

in point of fact means "in reality or actuality".

What is another word for in point of fact?

Close synonyms include in fact, as a matter 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 in point of fact a common word?

in point 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.