FACT

n. 1 reality, actuality, truth, certainty The fact of the matter is that she didn't do it Is there a basis in fact for your allegations? 2 accomplishment, fait accompli; occurrence, event, happening, incident, episode, experience, act, deed Supersonic travel has been a fact for many years 3 Often, facts. data, information, particular(s), detail(s), point(s), item(s), factor(s), Colloq low-down, (inside) info, the score, Brit the gen, US and Canadian the poop If I am going to defend you, I need all the facts of the case 4 in fact. indeed, to be sure, as a matter of (actual) fact, in truth, truly, truthfully, actually, really, in reality, in point of fact, factually He didn't come; in fact, he had gone abroad the week before