1. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you (Freq. 21) - his world was shattered - we live in different worlds - for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were • Syn: world • Hypernyms: experience • Hyponyms: real world, real life 2. the state of being actual or real (Freq. 14) - the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him • Syn: realness, realism • Ant: unreality • Derivationally related forms: realist (for: realism), real (for: realness), real • Hypernyms: actuality • Hyponyms: fact • Attrubites: real, existent, unreal 3. the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be (Freq. 4) - businessmen have to face harsh realities • Derivationally related forms: real • Hypernyms: actuality • Hyponyms: historicalness 4. the quality possessed by something that is real • Ant: unreality • Derivationally related forms: real • Hypernyms: materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality
