unreal

Other forms of unreal

comparative

unrealer·

superlative

unrealest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unreal

What does unreal mean?

unreal means "lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unreal?

unreal has 2 syllables: un-real. The stress falls on "real". In IPA it is /ənˈɹil/.

What is another word for unreal?

Close synonyms include artificial, insubstantial, unsubstantial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unreal?

The recorded antonyms are real, real.

Is unreal a common word?

unreal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unreal?

5 words rhyme with unreal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.