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. In some cases you can use "Imaginal" instead an adjective "Imaginary".
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
Imaginal
Imaginal adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: the equator is merely an imaginal line
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ideal and imaginary
- ideal and imaginal
- make-believe and imaginary
- make-believe and imaginal
- fanciful and imaginary
- fanciful and imaginal
- hypothetical and imaginary
- hypothetical and imaginal
- fantastic and imaginary
- fantastic and imaginal
- visionary and imaginary
- visionary and imaginal
- pretend and imaginary
- pretend and imaginal
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