Unreal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌnɹˈiːəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌnɹˈiəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌnɹˈiəl/

2 syllables Say it as /ʌnɹˈiːəl/.

Examples

ghosts and other unreal entities
unreal propaganda serving as news
this conversation is getting more and more unreal

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

insubstantial artificial unsubstantial

Antonyms

substantial natural real

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria “ghosts and other unreal entities”
adjective	not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary “this conversation is getting more and more unreal”
adjective	contrived by art rather than nature “artificial flowers”
adjective	lacking material form or substance; unreal “as insubstantial as a dream”

Word Forms

unreality	noun	the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
artificiality	noun	the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
insubstantiality	noun	lack of solid substance and strength
unsubstantialize	verb	render immaterial or incorporeal

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unwirklich

es mangelt an Realität, Substanz oder Echtheit; nicht den anerkannten Tatsachen oder Kriterien entsprechen

🇫🇷French

irréel

manquant de réalité, de substance ou d'authenticité ; ne correspondant pas à des faits ou critères reconnus

🇪🇸Spanish

irreal

carente de realidad, sustancia o autenticidad; no corresponde a hechos o criterios reconocidos

🇮🇹Italian

irreale

privo di realtà o sostanza o genuinità; non corrispondente a fatti o criteri riconosciuti

🇳🇱Dutch

onwerkelijk

gebrek aan realiteit, inhoud of echtheid; niet overeenkomt met erkende feiten of criteria

🇵🇹Portuguese

irreal

falta de realidade, substância ou genuinidade; não corresponde a fatos ou critérios reconhecidos

🇷🇺Russian

нереальный

отсутствие реальности, содержания или подлинности; не соответствующий признанным фактам или критериям

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवास्तविक

वास्तविकता या सार या असलियत में कमी; स्वीकृत तथ्यों या मानदंडों के अनुरूप नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

অবাস্তব

বাস্তবতা বা পদার্থ বা অকৃত্রিমতার অভাব; স্বীকৃত তথ্য বা মানদণ্ডের সাথে সঙ্গতিপূর্ণ নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மையற்றது

உண்மை அல்லது பொருள் அல்லது உண்மையான தன்மை இல்லாதது; ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட உண்மைகள் அல்லது அளவுகோல்களுடன் பொருந்தவில்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

అవాస్తవం

వాస్తవికత లేదా పదార్ధం లేదా వాస్తవికత లేకపోవడం; అంగీకరించబడిన వాస్తవాలు లేదా ప్రమాణాలకు అనుగుణంగా లేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अवास्तव

वास्तविकता किंवा पदार्थ किंवा अस्सलपणाची कमतरता; मान्य तथ्ये किंवा निकषांशी सुसंगत नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવાસ્તવિક

વાસ્તવિકતા અથવા પદાર્થ અથવા વાસ્તવિકતામાં અભાવ; સ્વીકૃત તથ્યો અથવા માપદંડોને અનુરૂપ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅವಾಸ್ತವ

ವಾಸ್ತವ ಅಥವಾ ವಸ್ತು ಅಥವಾ ಯಥಾರ್ಥತೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ; ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸಿದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಮಾನದಂಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അയഥാർത്ഥമായ

യാഥാർത്ഥ്യമോ പദാർത്ഥമോ യഥാർത്ഥമോ ഇല്ലാത്തത്; അംഗീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ട വസ്‌തുതകളോ മാനദണ്ഡങ്ങളോ അല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸਥਾਈ

ਅਸਲੀਅਤ ਜਾਂ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਜਾਂ ਅਸਲੀਅਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਮੀ; ਮਾਨਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਤੱਥਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਪਦੰਡਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਖਾਂਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر حقیقی

حقیقت یا مادہ یا حقیقت میں کمی؛ تسلیم شدہ حقائق یا معیار کے مطابق نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

虚幻

缺乏现实、实质或真实性；不符合公认的事实或标准

🇯🇵Japanese

非現実的な

現実性、本質、真実性に欠けている。認められた事実や基準に該当しない

🇰🇷Korean

비현실적인

현실성이나 실체나 진실성이 부족합니다. 인정된 사실이나 기준에 부합하지 않음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không có thật

thiếu thực tế hoặc thực chất hoặc tính chân thực; không tương ứng với các sự kiện hoặc tiêu chí được thừa nhận

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่จริง

ขาดความเป็นจริงหรือแก่นแท้หรือความแท้จริง ไม่สอดคล้องกับข้อเท็จจริงหรือหลักเกณฑ์ที่รับทราบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak nyata

kurang dalam realitas atau substansi atau keaslian; tidak sesuai dengan fakta atau kriteria yang diakui

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi totoo

kulang sa realidad o substance o genuineness; hindi tumutugma sa mga kinikilalang katotohanan o pamantayan

🇲🇾Malay

tidak nyata

kurang dalam realiti atau bahan atau ketulenan; tidak sepadan dengan fakta atau kriteria yang diakui

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير واقعي

تفتقر إلى الواقع أو الجوهر أو الأصالة؛ لا تتوافق مع الحقائق أو المعايير المعترف بها

🇮🇷Persian

غیر واقعی

فاقد واقعیت یا ماهیت یا اصالت؛ با حقایق یا معیارهای تایید شده مطابقت ندارد

🇹🇷Turkish

gerçek dışı

gerçeklikten, içerikten veya özgünlükten yoksun; kabul edilen gerçeklere veya kriterlere uymuyor

🇮🇱Hebrew

דִמיוֹנִי

חוסר במציאות או במהות או בכנות; לא מתאים לעובדות או קריטריונים מוכרים

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The primary meaning of 'unreal' is 'lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria'.

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