'Reality' definitions:
Definition of 'reality'
(from WordNet)
noun
All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" [syn: world, reality]
noun
The state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" [syn: reality, realness, realism] [ant: irreality, unreality]
noun
The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities"
noun
The quality possessed by something that is real [ant: unreality]
Definition of 'Reality'
From: GCIDE
- Reality \Re*al"i*ty\ (r[-e]*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Realities (-t[i^]z). [Cf. F. r['e]alit['e], LL. realitas. See 3d Real, and cf. 2d Realty.]
- 1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. [1913 Webster]
- A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea. [1913 Webster]
- And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [See 1st Realty, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) See 2d Realty, 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reality'
From: Moby 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