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reality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of reality

1 something that actually exists

  • the ambition to make his dreams a reality
Synonyms of reality

actuality, case, fact, materiality
Words Related to reality

certainty, inevitability

circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon

element, item, particular, thing
Near Antonyms of reality

eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probability
Antonyms of reality

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 of reality

actuality, corporality, corporeality, existence, subsistence, thingness
Words Related to reality

genuineness, realness

activity, animation, life

currency, presence, prevalence
Near Antonyms of reality

absence, dearth, lack, want

potentiality, virtuality
Antonyms of reality

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 of reality

actuality, fact, factuality, materiality
Words Related to reality

authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity
Near Antonyms of reality

fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness

dreaminess, surreality
Antonyms of reality

irreality, unreality

4 one that has a real and independent existence

  • you'll need to cope with a whole new set of realities once youʼve become a parent
Synonyms of reality

being, commodity, entity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, something, substance, thing
Words Related to reality

body, subject

material, matter, quantity, stuff
Near Antonyms of reality

nonentity

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