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

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