Imaginal
Imaginal adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: the equator is merely an imaginal line
Imaginary
Imaginary adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: told by the psychologist that it was perfectly normal for their child to have an imaginary friend
Imaginal and imaginary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imaginal" instead an adjective "Imaginary".
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ideal and imaginal
- ideal and imaginary
- make-believe and imaginal
- make-believe and imaginary
- fanciful and imaginal
- fanciful and imaginary
- hypothetical and imaginal
- hypothetical and imaginary
- fantastic and imaginal
- fantastic and imaginary
- visionary and imaginal
- visionary and imaginary
- pretend and imaginal
- pretend and imaginary
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