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Definitions

unreal

[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel] / ʌnˈri əl, -ˈril /
ADJECTIVE
fake, make-believe; hypothetical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dreamlike false fanciful hallucinatory illusory immaterial unbelievable
STRONG
artificial insubstantial unsubstantial
WEAK
aerial chimerical delusive fabled fabulous fictitious fictive figmental ideal imaginary imagined impalpable insincere intangible invented legendary misleading mock mythical nebulous nonexistent notional ostensible phantasmagoric pretended seeming sham storybook suppositious supposititious theoretical visionary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
actual authentic genuine real

Example Sentences

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It still feels unreal to Small that her album generates revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I love to find products that are unreal and need someone with vision or guts to be able to bring it to market,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

"The pressure of the Olympics really gets you... it's unreal," an emotional Malinin told journalists afterwards.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

But even that felt unreal, because I couldn’t imagine a life where my mom didn’t exist.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin