Fantasy
Imaginary
Imaginary adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Fantasy and imaginary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fantasy" instead an adjective "Imaginary".
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
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- Dr. Disaster's simulator features a fantasy sci-fi battle against an imaginary evil enemy: an ideal setup for a consequence-free action scene—but all the action happens off-screen.
Source: Analysis / Gunnerkrigg Court - A fantasy sequence at the end of a film, where everyone who'd appeared previously in the film comes back for a party, including characters who were merely imaginary or died in the course of the story.
- Scrubs went one step beyond this, with a fantasy where Turk somehow mixed up his (imaginary) son with a pumpkin.
Source: Brought Home the Wrong Kid
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