the real thingnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌrɪəl ˈθɪŋ/us/ˌriː.əl ˈθɪŋ/the original, best, or most typical example of something:
It's a synthetic material that looks like the real thing.
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 world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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