Word Study
factual
CIDE DICTIONARY
factual, a.
- of or pertaining to facts; as, factual inaccuracies. [1913 Webster]
- containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
factual, adj.
1 based on or concerned with fact or facts.
2 actual, true.
1 based on or concerned with fact or facts.
2 actual, true.
Derivative
factuality n. factually adv. factualness n.
Etymology
FACT, after actual
THESAURUS
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, weightyFor further exploring for "factual" in Webster Dictionary Online