real lifenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌrɪəl ˈlaɪf/us/ˌriː.əl ˈlaɪf/what happens in human situations rather than in a story, film, etc.:
In real life the star of the movie is a devoted husband and father.
[ before noun ] a real-life story
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- gospel
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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