actuality | Definition of actuality

1 the fact of being or of being real

the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists

Synonyms of actuality

corporality, corporeality, existence, reality, subsistence, thingness

Words Related to actuality

genuineness, realness

activity, animation, life

currency, presence, prevalence

Near Antonyms of actuality

absence, dearth, lack, want

potentiality, virtuality

Antonyms of actuality

inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothingness, unreality

2 the quality of being actual

the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it

Synonyms of actuality

fact, factuality, materiality, reality

Words Related to actuality

authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity

Near Antonyms of actuality

fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness

dreaminess, surreality

Antonyms of actuality

irreality, unreality

3 the state of being actual or complete

the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago

Synonyms of actuality

accomplishment, achievement, actualization, attainment, consummation, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization

Words Related to actuality

success, triumph

Near Antonyms of actuality

defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess

Antonyms of actuality

naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

4 something that actually exists

these estimated tax revenues, from casinos that have yet to be built, are being treated as actualities

Synonyms of actuality

case, fact, materiality, reality

Words Related to actuality

certainty, inevitability

circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon

element, item, particular, thing

Near Antonyms of actuality

eventuality, possibility, potentiality, probability

Antonyms of actuality

fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, illusion

Synonyms and Antonyms of actuality

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