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

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“It was unreal emotion and I’m so happy for these kids,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times

Themes of the fabulous and the unreal went from cultural acclaim to critical disdain relatively quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Nobody imagines something like that is going to happen to you. It’s a nightmare, something unreal,” said Roman Soza.

From Los Angeles Times

Visitations occur because those who mourn occupy an unreal space; loss transcends reality or else collapses that once-stable sense of self, space and time.

From Los Angeles Times

Once again, Dodgers fans go crazy with unreal expectations, only to be let down when the team doesn’t win all of its first 21 games.

From Los Angeles Times

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