actuality[noun]Synonyms: existence, being, materiality, reality, fact
Antonyms: possibility, potentiality
Contrasted words: abstraction, ideality, transcendence
Related Words: actualization,
externalization,
incarnation,
materialization,
achievement,
attainment,
basis,
essence,
substance,
embodiment [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ac‧tu‧al‧i‧ty /ˌæktʃuˈæləti, ˌæktʃuˈælɪti/
noun (
plural actualities)
formal1. [countable usually plural] facts, rather than things that people believe or imagine
Synonym : realities:
the grim actualities of prison life2. [uncountable] the state of being real or really existing:
In actuality, it’s much more complex than that (=used when talking about what a situation is really like). [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲