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unreal |
Grep of noun unreal unrealism unreality Overview of adj unreal The adj unreal has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unreal -- (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news") 2. unreal -- (not actually such 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") 3. artificial, unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners") 4. insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal -- (lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon") Antonyms of adj unreal 4 senses of unreal Sense 1 unreal (vs. real) real (vs. unreal), existent => actual => actual, factual => historical Sense 2 unreal (vs. real) real(postnominal) (vs. unreal) => proper(postnominal) => true(postnominal) Sense 3 artificial (vs. natural), unreal Sense 4 insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal Similarity of adj unreal 4 senses of unreal Sense 1 unreal (vs. real) => dreamed(postnominal) => envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised => eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(postnominal) => 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, play(postnominal), pretend Also See-> artificial#1, unreal#3; counterfeit#1, imitative#3; insincere#1; supernatural#1; unrealistic#1 Sense 2 unreal (vs. real) => deceptive, delusory => dreamlike, surreal => phantom Sense 3 artificial (vs. natural), unreal => arranged, staged => bleached, colored, coloured, dyed => celluloid, synthetic => conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised => dummy => ersatz, imitation, substitute(prenominal) => factitious => fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated => man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic => near => painted => cardboard, unlifelike Also See-> counterfeit#1, imitative#3; unreal#1 Sense 4 insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal => aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal => shadowy, wraithlike Also See-> immaterial#3, nonmaterial#1 Attributes of adj unreal 2 of 4 senses of unreal Sense 1 unreal (vs. real) => reality, realness, realism Sense 4 insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal => substantiality, substantialness Familiarity of adj unreal unreal used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj unreal unreal unrealised unrealistic unrealizable unrealized Overview of adj unreal The adj unreal has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unreal -- (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news") 2. unreal -- (not actually such 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") 3. artificial, unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners") 4. insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal -- (lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon")
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