unreal

English

Etymology

un- +‎ real

Pronunciation

enPR: ŭn-rēl', IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɹi.əl/

Adjective

unreal (comparative more unreal, superlative most unreal)

fake; not real
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
  "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
(informal) very impressive; amazing; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.

I just had an unreal hamburger.

Synonyms

(not real): See also Thesaurus:fake or Thesaurus:insubstantial
(very impressive): See also Thesaurus:awesome

Antonyms

(not real): real; See also Thesaurus:genuine

Translations

not real

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不真實的, 不真实的 (bù zhēnshí de)
Czech: neskutečný (cs) m
Dutch: onwerkelijk (nl)
Estonian: ebatõeline
Finnish: epätodellinen
French: irréel (fr)
German: unwirklich (de)
Greek: ανύπαρκτος (el) (anýparktos), φανταστικός (el) (fantastikós)
Hungarian: nem valódi
Icelandic: óraunverulegur (is), ímyndaður
Italian: irreale (it)
Latvian: nereāls, ireāls

Lithuanian: nerealus
Maori: mariko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uvirkelig

Nynorsk: uverkeleg
Polish: nierealny (pl), nierzeczywisty (pl)
Portuguese: irreal (pt)
Romanian: nereal
Russian: нереальный (ru) (nerealʹnyj)
Slovak: neskutočný, nereálny
Slovene: neresničen
Spanish: irreal
Welsh: afreal (cy)

Anagrams

Lauren, neural, ulnare

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