English > unreal: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria. |
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| Examples | - "ghosts and other unreal entities"
- "unreal propaganda serving as news"
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| Attribute of | reality, realness, realism | The state of being actual or real |
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| Narrower | dreamed | conceived of or imagined or hoped for |
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| envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised | Seen in the mind as a mental image |
| eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil | creating the illusion of seeing reality |
| fabled, legendary | celebrated in fable or legend |
| fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious | formed or conceived by the imagination |
| fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological | Based on or told of in traditional stories |
| fanciful, imaginary, notional | not based on fact |
| fantastic, fantastical | Existing in fancy only |
| hallucinatory | Characterized by or characteristic of hallucination |
| illusional, illusionary | marked by or producing illusion / illusion / illusion |
| illusive, illusory | Based on or having the nature of an illusion / illusion |
| make-believe, pretend | imagined as in a play |
| See also | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
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| counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| insincere | lacking sincerity |
| supernatural | not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws |
| unrealistic | not realistic |
| Opposite | real, existent | Being or occurring in fact or actuality |
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| Spanish | irreal |
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| Catalan | irreal |
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| Nouns | unreality | the quality possessed by something that is unreal |
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| unreality | the state of being insubstantial or imaginary |
English > unreal: 4 senses > adjective 3| Meaning | contrived by art rather than nature. |
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| Synonym | artificial |
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| Narrower | arranged, staged | deliberately arranged for effect |
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| bionic | Having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components |
| bleached, colored, coloured, dyed | (used of color) artificially produced |
| cardboard, unlifelike | Without substance |
| celluloid, synthetic | Artificial as if portrayed in a film |
| conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised | Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects |
| dummy | Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function |
| ersatz, substitute | Artificial and inferior |
| factitious | not produced by natural forces |
| fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated | not genuine or real |
| man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic | not of natural origin |
| near | Closely resembling the genuine article |
| painted | lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting |
| See also | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
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| unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness |
| Opposite | natural | Existing in or produced by nature |
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| Spanish | artificial, irreal |
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| Catalan | artificial, irreal |
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English > unreal: 4 senses > adjective 4| Meaning | lacking material form or substance; unreal. |
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| Synonyms | insubstantial, unsubstantial |
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| Attribute of | substantiality, substantialness, solidness | The quality of being substantial or having substance |
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| Narrower | aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal | Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality |
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| hollow | Lacking in substance or character |
| shadowy, wraithlike | lacking in substance |
| stringy | Consisting of or containing string or strings |
| See also | immaterial, nonmaterial | not consisting of matter |
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| Opposite | substantial, real, material | Having substance or capable of being treated as fact |
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| Spanish | anodina, anodino, hueco, insubstancial, insustancial, irreal |
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| Nouns | unreality | the state of being insubstantial or imaginary |
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