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

When the show ended, the audience burst into rattled applause, as if we’d been woken from our own dream, still unable to tell the reverie from the real thing. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

Navarrete posed for a photo with a client who held an oversized green card to mark his acquisition of the real thing. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The move could certainly backfire at a moment when the documentary (and nondocumentary) film world is wary of digital replicas replacing the real thing and AI deepfakes blurring the truth-fiction line. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

From this exposure, our bodies learn how to effectively respond to the real thing. — Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the real thing

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