English adjective: surreal | |||
1. | surreal characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | ||
Samples | A great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows. The incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature. | ||
Synonyms | phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic | ||
Similar | unrealistic | ||
Antonyms | realistic | ||
2. | surreal resembling a dream | ||
Samples | Night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality. As irrational and surreal as a dream. | ||
Synonyms | dreamlike | ||
Similar | unreal | ||
Antonyms | real | ||