Chimerical and Real

Opposite meaning words

Chimerical adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.

Usage example: for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century

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Real is an antonym for chimerical.

Nearby Word: chimera

Real adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.

Usage example: asked her parents if the Tooth Fairy was real

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Chimerical is an antonym for real.

Nearby Words: realize, realise, reality, realistic, really

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Real and Chimerical. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chimerical/real

Chimerical & Real. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chimerical/real>.

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