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 | ||