Idea
Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.
Usage example: my idea of the perfect vacation spot is an uncrowded, unspoiled beach
Reality
Reality noun - Something that actually exists.
How words are described
| old | old idea | old reality |
| similar | similar idea | similar reality |
| common | common idea | common reality |
| original | original idea | original reality |
| Other adjectives: single, stupid, actual, entire, real, dangerous, evil, little, bad, false, horrible, main, new, crazy, possible, next, strange, insane, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Scott Meyer's Magic 2.0 books are a tongue-in-cheek take on the idea that the whole of reality as we know it is nothing more than a complex computer program.
Source: Rewriting Reality - The pervasive idea that the novel cheers Don Quixote's rejection of reality and depicts him as a misunderstood hero is also nothing but centuries-old Alternate Character Interpretation.
Source: Lost in Imitation - The website "The Mandela Effect" is dedicated to the idea that people's memories being at variance with reality might be due to them remembering events which took place in an Alternate Timeline.
Source: Fake Memories
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Reality and Idea. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/idea/reality
Idea & Reality. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/idea/reality>.
Reality or Idea. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/idea/reality.
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