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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?
John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven, p 56:
After the bare requisites of living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone, or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who scribbles on a wall to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.
It's overwhelming just because of what has transpired, last year I was very lucky to be playing again. At the previous Champions Dinner I was really struggling and missed a couple of years of not playing this great tournament and now I'm Tiger Woods. Twenty two years between wins, it's a long time and it's unreal for me to experience this. My Mom was here, My Mom was there in 1997 as well. I'm just so happy and excited and I'm at a loss for words.
The story is so unreal, that yesterday it became real for a lot of us in this community.
Snowboarding is so simple, it's basically just shredding down the mountain on a piece of wood, just the stoke that you get from riding, from doing a sick line, and the happiness I saw out here was unreal. I'm sure this crew of people will have stories to tell for years to come.
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties. Error is the contradiction of Truth. Error is a belief without understanding. Error is unreal because untrue. It is that which stemma to be and is not. If error were true, its truth would be error, and we should have a self-evident absurdity --namely, erroneous truth. Thus we should continue to lose the standard of Truth.
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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