Synonyms and antonyms of Imaginary and not real in British Thesaurus

imaginary (adjective)

not real but only created in your mind

hypothetical (adjective)

based on situations or events that seem possible rather than on actual ones

false (adjective)

not real and intended to trick people

fake (adjective)

made to look like something real in order to trick people

simulated (adjective)

made to have the features or qualities of another thing

fictitious (adjective)

not real or true and used for tricking people

made-up (adjective)

imaginary, or false

pretended (adjective)

not real or sincere

synthetic (adjective)

false, or not real

mock (adjective)

not real but intended to look or seem real

artificial (adjective)

something that looks or sounds artificial does not seem real

bodgie (adjective)

Australian made to look like something real in order to trick people

bogus (adjective)

not real, although pretending to be real

cardboard (adjective)

not seeming very real

contrived (adjective)

false or artificial

counterfactual (adjective)

describing or examining what might have happened if events had been different

dummy (adjective)

designed to look real but in fact not real

ersatz (adjective)

not real or sincere

fabled (adjective)

not real or true

fabulous (adjective)

literary existing only in stories

fake (adjective)

made to look like something else, especially something expensive

false (adjective)

made to look like something real

fantastic (adjective)

mainly literary strange or imaginary

faux (adjective)

artificial

fictive (adjective)

formal imaginary or not true

illusory (adjective)

formal not real, but with an appearance of being real

insubstantial (adjective)

literary not real, or not seeming real

mimic (adjective)

made to look real, but not real

mock (adjective)

a mock feeling is one that you pretend you have, usually as a joke

mock- (prefix)

not real or true: used with some adjectives

mythical (adjective)

imaginary, or not real

non-existent (adjective)

not real, or not present. This word is often used about something that should be present but is not

notional (adjective)

existing only as an idea, not as something real

otherworldly (adjective)

seeming to belong in a spiritual or imaginary world rather than the real world

phantom (adjective)

imagined and not real

phantom (adjective)

claimed to exist in order to trick people

phoney (adjective)

informal not real and intended to trick people

phony ()

another spelling of phoney

plastic (adjective)

looking or tasting artificial

pretend (adjective)

informal imaginary. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children

put-on (adjective)

pretended, not real

sham (adjective)

not real but claimed to be real

simulated (adjective)

used for describing something such as a feeling or thought that is pretended, although it is made to look real

spurious (adjective)

formal not real or sincere

the stuff of dreams/legends/nightmares etc (informal)

informal the type of things that are usually found in dreams/stories etc

unreal (adjective)

very unlikely to happen or be true