All real antonyms
reΒ·al
R r adj real
- ideal β a standard of perfection or excellence.
- few and far between β not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- caricatural β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- metaphysical β pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- make-believe β pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- moralistic β a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- hypnagogic β of or relating to drowsiness.
- imaginary β existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- fanciful β characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- insincere β not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- imaginative β characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- blue sky β fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.
- feigned β pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
- hypocritical β of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a βdo what I say and not what I doβ attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- affected β If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- in practice β from a practical point of view
- cockamamie β If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- bogus β If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
- fictional β invented as part of a work of fiction: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.
- fictitious β created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- hypothetical β assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- lovey-dovey β amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.
- apparent β An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
- apocryphal β An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
- irrelative β not relative; without relation (usually followed by to).
- made-up β concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
- fantastic β conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- formalistic β strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- folkloric β based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
- derisory β If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- discarnate β without a physical body; incorporeal.
- blue-sky β of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its result
- fantastical β conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- fishy β like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
- bastard β Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
- miraculous β performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
adjective real
- coloured β Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- quack β a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- nonrational β agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- invented β Fictional, made up, imaginary.
- academic β Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- nonrepresentative β a person or thing that represents another or others.
- fantasy β imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
- disbodied β (archaic) disembodied.
- operatic β of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- jivey β resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- impostrous β (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
- witchlike β Resembling a witch or some aspect of one.
- conjecturable β Able to be conjectured upon.
- gelastic β Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.