The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - factn.

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.