actual size
Not blown up
Actual size means the true dimensions of something, neither enlarged nor reduced.
The phrase appears most often when images or diagrams match the real object's measurements: The illustration shows the insect at actual size.
It reassures viewers that what they're seeing corresponds to physical reality—no scaling involved.
- realTruly existing, not fake
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- scale modelProportionally reduced reproduction
- trueAccurate or loyal
- measurementDetermining size or amount
proportion · dimensions · lifelike · ruler · inches · centimeters · model · replica · zoom · fit · compare · reference · print · specimen · exact · faithful · true to life · representation
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- tolerancingcircularity, roundness, straightness, perpendicularity, parallelism
- display modesdark mode, light mode, full screen, fullscreen, windowed
actual sizeenlarged
Increased in size
reduced · magnified · miniaturized · scaled up · scaled down
actual sizedistorted
Misshapen from original form
disproportionate · exaggerated · approximated · stylized · schematic
actual, actually, actuality, actualize, actualization, act, action, active, actively