imaginary
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for imaginary
Synonyms
chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visionary
Antonyms
actual, existent, existing, real
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Justin Thomas can be seen in the background checking his imaginary watch. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "PGA Tour Exploring Changes to Pace-of-Play Policy Amid DeChambeau Fallout," 11 Aug. 2019 After Nicholas Castellanos homered in the third inning of Thursday’s series opener against the Reds, Rizzo met him at home plate and proceeded to pretend to feed him with an imaginary spoon. — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "Pursuit of good times is a never-ending story for the Cubs: ‘You never do anything well if you’re uptight’," 10 Aug. 2019 Scarlett Johansson stars in the picture alongside Waititi, who portrays a boy's imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, "Taika Waititi to Direct 'Next Goal Wins' for Fox Searchlight," 8 Aug. 2019 Slip into your best black jumpsuit and start talking to an imaginary audience, because Fleabag is coming to print! — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, "Fleabag book written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge to be published this fall," 7 Aug. 2019 The mission: to make it from the Baltimore Convention Center downtown to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s Southwest domestic flights terminal in Anne Arundel County in time to catch an imaginary 5 p.m. flight. — Oyin Adedoyin, baltimoresun.com, "What’s the fastest way to get to BWI? We sent four reporters by car, Light Rail, bus and Lyft to find out.," 5 Aug. 2019 As a kid, Jordan would play with the small, replica babies so many girls use to accelerate the imaginary clock to motherhood. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: San Diego State women’s basketball player loses family member in El Paso shooting," 5 Aug. 2019 But by now the rovás are part of the nationalist imaginary, the hieroglyphics of the ancient Turantan-Magyar race. — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, "The Call of the Drums," 21 July 2019 And unlike Barbie, an idealized plastic figure of young female beauty, Patti looked like most any toddler girl — an all-vinyl companion who could share real clothing and imaginary adventures with a human playmate. — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, "Neil Estern, sculptor of monumental public works, 93," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imaginary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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