Reality

Noun

 * 1) The state of being actual or real.
 * 2) A real entity, event or other fact
 * 3) The entirety of all that is real.
 * 4) An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.

Adjectives for Reality
grim; sordid; intense; fantastic; naked; oppressive; tangible; passionate; beneficent; vivid; living;  ideal; typical; blunt; mysterious; infinite; waking; existing; sober; practical; elusive; commonplace; accidental; fearful; unfathomable; clear; conceived; spiritual; concrete; exacting; vulgar; fictitious; specific; merciless; peremptory; subtle; nautical; glassy; horrid; stern; dangerous; vital; painful; stark; solid; gloomy; beneficent.

Verbs for Reality
bear—; convey—; deal with—; descend to—; divorce from—; endure—; enslave to —; escape—; evade—; face—; flee from—; gain—; gloss over—; grasp for—; ground on—; obscure—; pursue—; question—; return to—; spare—; varnish—; wrap in—.

Thesaurus
accomplished fact, actuality, adventure, authenticity, circumstance, confirmability, demonstratability, doubtlessness, entelechy, episode, eternal verities, event, experience, fact, factuality, fait accompli, genuineness, good sooth, grim reality, hap, happening, happenstance, historical truth, historicity, in reality, incident, incontestability, incontrovertibility, indisputability, indubitability, indubitableness, irrefragability, irrefutability, materiality, matter of fact, not a dream, objective existence, occasion, occurrence, particular, phenomenon, provability, questionlessness, really, sooth, the true, trueness, truth, truthfulness, turn of events, ultimate truth, unconfutability, undeniability, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, unimpeachability, unquestionability, unrefutability, veracity, verifiability, verity, very truth

Etymology
Recorded since 1550, originally a legal term in the sense of "fixed property" (compare real estate), from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis 'real'; meaning "real existence" is from 1647.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/ri"{l@ti/}}

Synonyms

 * actuality
 * real world

Derived terms

 * reality check
 * reality television
 * virtual reality

Related terms

 * realia
 * realism
 * realize
 * realty

Anagrams

 * irately

Translations

 * Catalan: realitat
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, realiteit
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: (じつざい jitsuzai)
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, вещественность
 * Serbian: стварност, реалност
 * Slovene: resničnost
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian:


 * Catalan: realitat
 * Dutch:, realiteit (indefinite article only)


 * Greek:
 * Polish:


 * Afrikaans: realiteit
 * Catalan: realitat
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: de, de realiteit [definite article only]
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: (げんじつ genjitsu)


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: virkelighet
 * Nynorsk: røynd, røyndom, verkelegheit
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: realiteit
 * Catalan: realitat
 * Dutch:, realiteit (indefinite article only)
 * Finnish:
 * German: Realität


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: (げんじつ genjitsu)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,