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Synonyms for unreal
ʌnˈri əl, -ˈrilun·re·al
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unreal
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Synonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthlessAntonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy
Princeton's WordNet
unrealadjective
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
"ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
Synonyms:
artificial, insubstantial, unsubstantialAntonyms:
existent, real(a), real, documentary, true(a), historical, actual, objective, factual, proper(a)unrealadjective
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"
Synonyms:
artificial, insubstantial, unsubstantialAntonyms:
proper(a), real, actual, true(a), real(a), objective, factual, documentary, historical, existentartificial, unrealadjective
contrived by art rather than nature
"artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
Synonyms:
contrived, artificial, insubstantial, stilted, hokey, unsubstantialAntonyms:
real(a), actual, factual, existent, objective, documentary, proper(a), real, historical, true(a)insubstantial, unsubstantial, unrealadjective
lacking material form or substance; unreal
"as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
Synonyms:
jejune, insubstantial, unsubstantial, artificialAntonyms:
objective, factual, real, actual, proper(a), documentary, existent, historical, real(a), true(a)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unrealadjective
Synonyms:
fanciful, imaginary, visionary, unsubstantial, shadowy, chimerical, illusive, phantasmal, phantasmagorial
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unreal":
surreal, unrealistic, surrealist, unbelievable, incredible, surrealistic, fiction, amazing, magical
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1735 | fiction | |
#2578 | null | |
#2928 | amazing | |
#2964 | empty | |
#5642 | incredible | |
#5919 | artificial | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9102 | magical | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#15392 | unbelievable | |
#15690 | vain | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21289 | surreal | |
#22987 | unrealistic | |
#26975 | futile | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#37301 | contrived | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#58166 | surrealist | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#66259 | hokey | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#72180 | abortive | |
#90731 | unsatisfying | |
#90817 | insubstantial | |
#92354 | stilted | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#97063 | surrealistic | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#131299 | unserviceable | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#244598 | unsubstantial | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#291737 | profitless | |
#315230 | jejune |
How to use unreal in a sentence?
A man conscious of his pain is more real than a man who is unconscious of his happiness thus exhibiting his unreal nature.
Its overwhelming, just because of what has transpired, last year I was lucky to be playing again. At the previous years [champions]dinner, I was really struggling. I missed a couple of years not playing this great tournament. To now be the champion ... 22 years between [first and latest] wins is a long time. Its unreal to experience this.
It was the sweetest pad, it was pretty unreal for us in our early 20s staying in a hotel that nice.
This is the blueprint, the illusion that you would see more patents kept in the U.S. (under the new tax law) is unreal as long as there are places you can keep them off shore where you pay 0.
People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television -- you don't feel anything.
Translations for unreal
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- neskutečnýCzech
- afrealWelsh
- unwirklichGerman
- ανύπαρκτος, φανταστικόςGreek
- irrealSpanish
- ebatõelineEstonian
- epätodellinenFinnish
- irréelFrench
- nem valódiHungarian
- ímyndaður, óraunverulegurIcelandic
- irrealeItalian
- 非現実的Japanese
- nerealusLithuanian
- nereāls, ireālsLatvian
- onwerkelijkDutch
- uvirkeligNorwegian
- nierealnyPolish
- irrealPortuguese
- nerealRomanian
- нереальныйRussian
- nereálny, neskutočnýSlovak
- neresničenSlovene
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