Existent and Fanciful

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

Usage example: to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers

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Fanciful is an antonym for existent.

Nearby Words: existence, existing, existential

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

Usage example: the fanciful creatures that J.R.R. Tolkien created for his Middle Earth novels

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Existent is an antonym for fanciful.

Nearby Words: fancy, fancied, fancier, fancifully

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