adjective
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness
Examples
- not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
- ghosts and other unreal entities
- unreal propaganda serving as news
adjective
not actually such
Examples
- 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
adjective
contrived by art rather than nature
Synonyms
Examples
- artificial flowers
- artificial flavoring
- an artificial diamond
- artificial fibers
- artificial sweeteners
adjective
lacking material form or substance
Synonyms
Examples
- unreal
- as insubstantial as a dream
- an insubstantial mirage on the horizon