unreal

DEFINITIONS OF: unreal

: aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; shadowy, wraithlike
lacking in substance; stringy
consisting of or containing string or strings; immaterial, nonmaterial
not consisting of matter

Antonyms:: material, real, substantial
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; material
derived from or composed of matter; show more antonyms...

“ghosts and other unreal entities”

“unreal propaganda serving as news”

Synonyms: counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior; artificial
contrived by art rather than nature; supernatural
not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; dreamed
conceived of or imagined or hoped for; envisioned, pictured, visualised, visualized
seen in the mind as a mental image; eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil
creating the illusion of seeing reality; fabled, legendary
celebrated in fable or legend; fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious
formed or conceived by the imagination; fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; fanciful, imaginary, notional
not based on fact; unreal; fantastic, fantastical
existing in fancy only; hallucinatory
characterized by or characteristic of hallucination; illusional, illusionary
marked by or producing illusion; illusive, illusory
based on or having the nature of an illusion; make-believe, pretend
imagined as in a play; unrealistic
not realistic; insincere
lacking sincerity

Antonyms:: existent, real
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; concrete
capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit; actual
taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; actual, factual
existing in act or fact; documentary, objective
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; historical
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; realistic
aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful; show more antonyms...

“this conversation is getting more and more unreal”

“the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy”

“the unreal world of advertising art”

Synonyms: deceptive, delusory
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; dreamlike, surreal
resembling a dream; phantom
something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

Antonyms:: real
no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; proper
having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; true
rightly so called; show more antonyms...

: counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior; arranged, staged
deliberately arranged for effect; bionic
having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components; bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural; cardboard, unlifelike
without substance; celluloid, synthetic
artificial as if portrayed in a film; conventionalised, conventionalized, stylised, stylized
using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; dummy
having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; ersatz, substitute
artificial and inferior; factitious
not produced by natural forces; fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; near
closely resembling the genuine article; painted
lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting

Antonyms:: natural
existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; natural
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; unbleached, uncolored, undyed
not artificially colored or bleached; show more antonyms...

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