Form
Form noun - The outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance.
Real thing and form are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Real thing" instead a noun "Form".
Real thing
Real thing noun - Informal usage attributing authenticity.
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Synonyms for Real thing
Form and real thing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Form" instead a noun phrase "Real thing".
Both terms in one sentence
- But press-clipping services of the type that Roger Gale runs were totally a real thing, and in modified Internet form are still a real thing.
Source: Literature / His Family -
Newspaper-only clipping services were around as recently as 1990, and in modified Internet form are still a real thing.
Source: Aluminum Christmas Trees - Devisors and wizards are sometimes able to create 'cultured' power gems, a more limited form of the real thing but still very useful.
Source: Literature / Whateley Universe
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