English adjective: unsubstantial | |||
| 1. | unsubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal | ||
| Samples | As insubstantial as a dream. An insubstantial mirage on the horizon. | ||
| Synonyms | insubstantial, unreal | ||
| Similar | aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal, shadowy, stringy, wraithlike | ||
| See also | immaterial, nonmaterial | ||
| Attribute | solidness, substantiality, substantialness | ||
| Antonyms | substantial, material, real | ||