reality

1 something that actually exists <the ambition to make his dreams a reality> Synonyms actuality, case, materiality, factRelated Words certainty, inevitability; circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon; element, item, particular, thingNear Antonyms eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probabilityAntonyms fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, illusion

2 the fact of being or of being real <no one denies the reality of electricity, though few people understand it fully> Synonyms actuality, corporality, corporeality, existence, subsistence, thingnessRelated Words genuineness, realness; activity, animation, life; currency, presence, prevalenceNear Antonyms absence, dearth, lack, want; potentiality, virtualityAntonyms inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothingness, unreality

3 the quality of being actual <the reality of the situation finally dawned on her and she sat down in stunned silence> Synonyms actuality, factuality, materiality, factRelated Words authenticity, genuineness, truth, verityNear Antonyms fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness; dreaminess, surrealityAntonyms irreality, unreality

4 one that has a real and independent existence <you'll need to cope with a whole new set of realities once you've become a parent> Synonyms being, commodity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, entity, something, substance, thingRelated Words body, subject; material, matter, quantity, stuffNear Antonyms nonentity