Imaginary
Imaginary adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Missing and imaginary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Missing" instead an adjective "Imaginary".
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
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Aron makes a joke to the "host" about how he won't be reported as missing until Wednesday, when he will surely be dead, and the imaginary crowd bursts out laughing, making the scene more unsettling.
Source: Film / 127 Hours -
If your sim's social meter goes low enough, an imaginary friend comes along to help... an imaginary friend in a stained, worn, creepy-looking bunny costume that is missing an eye. Eeeeugh.
Source: Hair-Raising Hare - He had lost his right arm in an accident, but one day when he absent-mindedly tried to catch a dropped object with the missing arm, he manifested an "imaginary" psychic arm that works via telekinesis.
Source: Psychoactive Powers
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Missing and Imaginary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/imaginary/missing
Imaginary & Missing. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/imaginary/missing>.
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