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unreal > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1unrealLacking in reality or substance or genuineness
2unrealNot actually such
3unreal, artificialContrived by art rather than nature
4unreal, insubstantial, unsubstantialLacking material form or substance
unreal > pronunciation
Soundsahnriy'l
Rhymesabele, anneal, appeal, and 61 more rhymes in iyl...
unreal > adjective 1
MeaningLacking in reality or substance or genuineness. Not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria.
Examples"ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
Contraryreal, existent
Similardreamed; envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised; eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil; 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
See alsocounterfeit, imitative; artificial, unreal; supernatural; unrealistic; insincere
Attribute ofreality, realness, realism
Nounsunreality; unreality
unreal > adjective 2
MeaningNot actually such. Being or seeming fanciful or imaginary.
Examples"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"
Contraryreal
Similardeceptive, delusory; dreamlike, surreal; phantom
unreal > adjective 3
MeaningContrived by art rather than nature.
Synonymsartificial
Contrarynatural
Similararranged, staged; bionic; bleached, colored, coloured, dyed; cardboard, unlifelike; celluloid, synthetic; conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised; dummy; ersatz, substitute; factitious; fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated; man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic; near; painted
See alsocounterfeit, imitative; unreal
unreal > adjective 4
MeaningLacking material form or substance. Unreal.
Synonymsinsubstantial, unsubstantial
Contrarysubstantial, real, material
Similaraeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal; shadowy, wraithlike; stringy
See alsoimmaterial, nonmaterial
Attribute ofsubstantiality, substantialness, solidness
Nounsunreality

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