realism

Main Entry:
realism [ree-uh-liz-uhm]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authenticity
Synonyms: naturalness, reality, truth, verisimilitude, verism, verity
Main Entry: reality
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: facts of existence
Synonyms: absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line, brass tacks, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game, nuts and bolts, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what
Antonyms: belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory
Main Entry: truth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honesty, loyalty
Synonyms: authenticity, candor, constancy, dedication, devotion, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, integrity, openness, realism, revelation, sincerity, uprightness, veridicality, verity
Antonyms: dishonesty, disloyalty, falsehood, lie, misrepresentation
Main Entry: verisimilitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authenticity
Synonyms: color, credibility, genuineness, likeliness, likeness, plausibility, realism, resemblance, semblance, show, similarity, virtual reality
Antonyms: falseness, impossibility
Main Entry: slice of life
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: realistic account of life experience
Synonyms: episode of actual experience, faithful rendering, graphic account, lifelikeness, naturalistic description, photographic realism, realism, realistic description, realistic representation, tranche de vie, vraisemblance
Main Entry: steadfastness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fidelity
Synonyms: accuracy, adherence, adhesion, allegiance, attachment, closeness, constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fealty, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism
Related Words
Main Entry: truth
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
accurate, actual, apodictic, as good as one's word, authentic, bona fide, candid, categorically true, certain, constant, correct, curious, definite, delicate, exact, faithful, fine, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, in its true colors, ingenuous, just, legitimate, literal, mathematical, natural, nice, official, open, open, ostensible, outspoken, particular, precise, punctual, pure, real, realistic, religiously exact, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, simple, solid, sound, sterling, straightforward, strict, substantial, substantially true, tangible, true, true, true as gospel, true to the letter, trustworthy, truthful, unadulterated, unaffected, uncolored, unconfuted, undisguised, undissembling, undistorted, unerring, unexaggerated, unfeigned, unflattering, unideal, unimagined, unimpeachable, unperjured, unrefuted, unreserved, unromantic, unsophisticated, unvarnished, valid, veracious, veridical, veritable, well, well
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Object of knowlege.] Truth.
Synonyms:
-nouns
fact, reality (existence); plain matter of fact; nature (principle); truth, verity; gospel; orthodoxy; authenticity; veracity; correctitude., accuracy, exactitude; exactness, preciseness; precision, delicacy; rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality; clockwork precision (regularity); conformity to rule; nicety., orthology; ipsissima verba; realism., plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing.
-verbs
be true, be the case; stand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water., render true, prove true; substantiate (evidence)., get at the truth (discover).
-adjectives
real, actual (existing); veritable, true; right, correct; certain; substantially true, categorically true; true to the letter, true as gospel; unimpeachable; veracious; unreconfuted, unconfuted; unideal, unimagined; realistic., exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just; strict, severe; close (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut., genuine, authentic, legitimate; othodox; official, ex officio., pure, natural, sound, sterling; unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, uncolored; in its true colors; pukka., well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering.
-adverbs
truly; verily, indeed, in reality; with truth (veracity); certainly (certain); actually (existence); in effect (intrinsically)., exactly; ad amussim; verbatim, verbatim et literatim; word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis; ad unguem; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking.
-phrases
the truth, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti; en suivant la verite; ex facto jus oritur; la verita e figlia del empo; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius [Cicero]; veritas nunquam perit [Seneca]; veritatem dies aperit [Seneca]; the
Antonyms: error
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