Added 9 October 2026 real-life adjective Categories: Obscure Words adjective ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about real-life at Wordnik → Where our words come from → As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed. He was a real-life detective before playing one in the movies. Not online, in real life. Related Words: real-worldrealisticconcretefactualactualtruespecificpracticaleverydayauthenticveritablereal Back to today's word