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unreal

/ʌnˈɹi.əl/adjective2 syllables

Unreal means: contrived by art rather than nature.

Synonyms for unreal67

adjective, as in contrived by art rather than nature

artificial, arranged, staged, bionic, bleached, colored, coloured, dyed, cardboard, unlifelike, celluloid, synthetic, conventionalized, conventionalised
and 11 more, stylized, stylised, dummy, ersatz, substitute, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated

adjective, as in lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

dreamed, envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised, eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil, fabled, legendary, fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious, fabulous
and 10 more, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological, fanciful, imaginary, notional, fantastic, fantastical, hallucinatory

adjective, as in lacking material form or substance; unreal

insubstantial, unsubstantial, aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal, shadowy, wraithlike, hollow, stringy, immaterial, nonmaterial

adjective, as in not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary

deceptive, delusory, dreamlike, surreal, phantom

Opposites of unreal

real

What does unreal mean?4

adjective

1

contrived by art rather than nature“artificial flowers”

2

lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria“ghosts and other unreal entities”

3

lacking material form or substance; unreal“as insubstantial as a dream”

4

not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary“this conversation is getting more and more unreal”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with unreal?25

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Unreal in a sentence

  • I find the concept of Globish restrictive and unreal.al_ex_an_der
  • What if it was all nothing but wishful thinking? Would it make everything unreal?veganesta
  • Unreal Engine is named after the first game to use it.sabretou
  • My crime seems unreal to me.unknown
  • Sometimes reality seems to me unreal.eirik174
  • Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal.Hybrid
  • I can't believe it. Seems so unreal.iT4LL
  • The hospitality in Algeria is just unreal.Amastan

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