Existing and Fanciful

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Existing adjective - Having being at the present time.

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Fanciful is an antonym for existing.

Nearby Words: exist, existent, existence, existed

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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Existing is an antonym for fanciful.

Nearby Words: fancy, fancied, fancier, fancifully

I never even pondered the possibility of such a creature existing, so fanciful was the notion.

Source: Fanfic / Hope For The Heartless

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