"unreal" | Definition and Related Words

unreal

Adjective

Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness;
Not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria (synset 301941146)
"ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
also:
- counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior
- artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature
- supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
- unrealistic - not realistic
- insincere - lacking sincerity
tells us about: realism, reality, realness - the state of being actual or real
similar to:
- 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; existing only in the imagination
- 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
Not actually such;
Being or seeming fanciful or imaginary (synset 301945276)
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"
similar to:
- 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
Contrived by art rather than nature (synset 301575756)
"artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
also:
- counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior
- unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
similar to:
- 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
same as: artificial
Lacking material form or substance;
Unreal (synset 300628492)
"as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

also: immaterial, nonmaterial - not consisting of matter

tells us about: solidness, substantiality, substantialness - the quality of being substantial or having substance
similar to:
- aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal - characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- shadowy, wraithlike - lacking in substance
- hollow - lacking in substance or character
- stringy - consisting of or containing string or strings
same as: insubstantial, unsubstantial

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