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Meaning of unreal in English

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    unreal

    Definitions

    1. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness

    Examples

    • « 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

    • real
    • existent
  2. 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 »

    Synonyms

    • deceptive
    • delusory
    • dreamlike
    • surreal
    • phantom

    Antonyms

    • real(a)
  3. 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

    • natural
  4. 4. lacking material form or substance

    Examples

    • « unreal »
    • « as insubstantial as a dream »
    • « an insubstantial mirage on the horizon »

    Synonyms

    • aeriform
    • aerial
    • airy
    • aery
    • ethereal
    • paper
    • shadowy
    • wraithlike

    Antonyms

    • substantial
    • real
    • material

See also

  • immaterial

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