Actuality and Idea

Actuality

Actuality noun - The fact of being or of being real.

Idea is an antonym for actuality.

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.
Usage example: my idea of the perfect vacation spot is an uncrowded, unspoiled beach

Actuality is an antonym for idea.

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

How words are described

new new actuality new idea

Both words in one sentence

  • In actuality, he got his start in the WWF as a babyface, with fans refusing to buy into the idea of an Elvis impersonator as a good guy.
    Source: X-Pac Heat
  • Western Animation / Star Wars Rebels In actuality, Ezra comes up with idea when they were actually just supposed to scout the area, and it nearly ends up getting him and the others killed.
  • The show was such a success that the network threw the "actuality" idea in the trash and just shifted to comedic reality shows in general.
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