Meaning of unreal in English
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to browse different examples of pronunciation.Qualitative Adjective
unrealDefinitions
1. lacking in reality or substance or genuinenessExamples
- « not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria »
- « ghosts and other unreal entities »
- « unreal propaganda serving as news »
Synonyms
- dreamed(a)
- envisioned
- pictured
- visualized
- visualised
- eye-deceiving
- trompe-l'oeil(a)
- fabled
- legendary
- fabricated
- fancied
- fictional
- fictitious
- invented
- made-up
- fabulous
- mythic
- mythical
- mythologic
- mythological
- fanciful
- imaginary
- imagined
- notional
- fantastic
- fantastical
- hallucinatory
- illusional
- illusionary
- illusive
- illusory
- make-believe
- pretend
Antonyms
- 2. not actually such
Examples
- « being or seeming fanciful or imaginary »
- « this conversation is getting more and more unreal »
- « the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy »
- « the unreal world of advertising art »
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- 3. contrived by art rather than nature
Examples
- « artificial flowers »
- « artificial flavoring »
- « an artificial diamond »
- « artificial fibers »
- « artificial sweeteners »
Synonyms
- arranged
- staged
- bionic
- bleached
- colored
- coloured
- dyed
- celluloid
- synthetic
- conventionalized
- conventionalised
- stylized
- stylised
- dummy
- ersatz
- substitute
- factitious
- fake
- false
- faux
- imitation
- simulated
- man-made
- semisynthetic
- synthetic
- near
- painted
- cardboard
- unlifelike
Antonyms
- 4. lacking material form or substance
Examples
- « unreal »
- « as insubstantial as a dream »
- « an insubstantial mirage on the horizon »
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Famous quotes
- « Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. » Theodor Adorno
- « One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. » Alvin Toffler
- « Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. » Janet Frame
- « It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibility if it's real. If it's contrived, it seems to work for a while for the people who can't filter out the real and unreal. » Fred Durst
- « I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all. Looking back on my career in television and making a movie like 'The Sound of Music' from an adult point of view, it actually seems kind of unreal. I was involved in shows that people grew up with - that hold memories for them - and it's a cool feeling. » Angela Cartwright