Antonyms for imaginary


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-maj-uh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr i


Definition of imaginary

Origin :
  • "not real," late 14c., ymaginaire, from imagine + -ary; or else from Late Latin imaginarius "seeming, fancied," from imaginari. Imaginary friend (one who does not exist) attested by 1789.
  • adj fictitious, invented
Example sentences :
  • He bathed in this imaginary future as in the waters of omnipotence.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And she created an imaginary experience for herself almost unknowingly.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • This is because he is dealing with an imaginary world, not with the world as it is.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Then beat an imaginary child, and said, 'Broom-handles and pokers.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The danger would prove, as he would have it, to be imaginary.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But this has nothing to do with a romance or with imaginary personages.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Do you mean you object to sailing this tug on account of some imaginary thing?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • He indicates an imaginary abyss, which Jem stares at dubiously.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • (Indicates an imaginary abyss, at which Lady Flo shakes her head).
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

Synonyms for imaginary

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019