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Synonyms & Antonyms of real-life
happening in the real world rather than in a story
- real-life problems
- a real-life drama
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for real-life
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for real-life
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabled,
- fanciful,
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- illusory,
- legendary
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The first known use of real-life was in 1838
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