reality

Noun

• the quality possessed by something that is real

• the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
  • businessmen have to face harsh realities
    

• the state of being actual or real
  • the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  realness , realism , world
• Antonyms: 
  unreality , irreality