UNREAL Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

unreal

adjective

ˌən-ˈrē(-ə)l

as in absurd

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality an unreal claim that is distant from the slightest hint of truth

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as in mythic

not real and existing only in the imagination the unreal world of TV sitcoms

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Recent Examples of unreal Derealization, on the other hand, refers to feeling detached from the environment, as though the people and things in the world are unreal. —

Christina Caron, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Spanx’s signature fabric smooths in all the right ways for an unreal workout experience. —

Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025 Here’s how unreal the DFLers’ world is from yours and mine. —

Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025 For 4 1/2 hours, the light becomes magical and the colors of everything are perfect pastel against the artic sky, with delicate and unreal shades. —

Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unreal

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This gorgeous film’s premise is a simple, humanist, and not particularly dramatic one, of the type that the Italian neorealists treasured, but it’s been given an absurd, comic-romantic spin.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
These absurd names and acronyms speak to both the cult-y side of the Eagans and to the ways that corporations keep trying to reinvent things, words included, that worked just fine as is.

— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025