the real thing

noun

: something that is genuine and not a copy or imitation : something that is truly valuable or important

The diamond turned out to be the real thing.

You've done very well in your training. Let's just hope you're ready for the real thing.

Examples of the real thing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After solving the hexagonal countertop conundrum, Barr unpacks new slab samples that are on display in the Helsingborg center, so sales specialists can touch the real thing. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 30 July 2026

The ship is regularly sailed and rowed, and on select outings visitors can even take an oar themselves—making Tønsberg one of the few places where World Cup fans can find out just how much harder the real thing is than the stadium version. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

That’s the marker — anything vaguer likely isn’t the real thing. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026

There was something so sinister about FIFA pushing the idea of diversity while bending the knee to a government working to discard the real thing. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for the real thing

• anything
• colouring
• everything
• nuzzling
• snorkeling
• splattering
• superstring
• underwing
• worshiping
• bing
• bring
• ching