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Meaning of unreal in English
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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.
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.
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.
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