Factual

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  factual
       adj 1: of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and
              trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the
              actual things that produced the emotion you
              experienced" [syn: {actual}]
       2: of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual
          considerations"
       3: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de
          facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law";
          "a de facto state of war" [syn: {de facto}, {actual}]
          [ant: {de jure}]
       4: based on fact; "factual accuracy"; "a factual account"
       5: characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "factual":
     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