reality — OET

reality

noun

1 he is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality:

the real world, real life, actuality;

truth;

physical existence, corporeality, substantiality, materiality.

▷antonyms fantasy.

2 the harsh realities of life:

fact, actuality, truth, verity.

3 the reality of Marryat's detail:

verisimilitude, authenticity, realism, fidelity, faithfulness.

▷antonyms idealism.

□ in reality

she sounded sympathetic but in reality she was furious:

in fact, in actual fact, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, actually, really, in truth, if truth be told;

in practice;

archaic in sooth.

reality Oxford Dictionary of English