reality

reality

noun

Definition of REALITY

1

something that actually exists <the ambition to make his dreams a reality>

Synonyms actuality, case, materiality, reality

Related Words certainty, inevitability; circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon; element, item, particular, thing

Near Antonyms eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probability

Antonyms 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, reality, subsistence, thingness

Related Words genuineness, realness; activity, animation, life; currency, presence, prevalence

Near Antonyms absence, dearth, lack, want; potentiality, virtuality

Antonyms 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, reality

Related Words authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity

Near Antonyms fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness; dreaminess, surreality

Antonyms 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, reality, something, substance, thing

Related Words body, subject; material, matter, quantity, stuff

Near Antonyms nonentity