the real worldnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌrɪəl ˈwɜːld/us/ˌriː.əl ˈwɝːld/the set of situations most humans have to deal with in their lives, rather than what happens in stories, films, etc.:
Christine, the play's main character, wouldn't last a minute in the real world.
[ before noun ] real-world situations/experiences
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- gospel
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- reality
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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