unreal

Meaning

1. Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
2. (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.

Synonyms

imaginary

illusory

artificial

false

unsubstantial

insubstantial

fictitious

dreamlike

counterfeit

illusive

fantastical

aerial

fictional

bluesky

fake

visionary

nonexistent

fanciful

fantastic

unrealistic

incomprehensible

incomprehensive

inconceivable

indecipherable

invented

lathery

lie

made

made-up

miraculous

notional

pasteboard

phantasmal

phantasmic

phony

pretence

pretended

shadowy

sham

space

spectral

spurious

surreal

surrealistic

transitory

unarticulated

unbelievable

uncomprehended

unfathomable

ungrasped

unhoped

unhoped-for

unintelligible

unlikely

unnatural

unreally

unspeakable

unthought

unthought-of

untrue

vaporous

made up

not genuine

uncomprehensible

imaginery

sythetic

epithet for the world

not real

noncomprehensive

phantasmagorical

ununderstood

abnormal

nonreal

absent

aeriform

airy

cardboard

concocted

daydream

deceptive

dreamy

factitious

fancied

fancy

fantasize

fantasy

gewgaw

ghostly

hollow

ideal

imaginative

impenetrable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈɹi.əl/

Etymology

From un- + real.