| Noun | 1. | reality - 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"real life, real world - the practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world" experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" | |
| 2. | reality - the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" fact - an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact | |
| 3. | reality - the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities"actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" | |
| 4. | reality - the quality possessed by something that is realunreality - the quality possessed by something that is unreal | |