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[ ih-maj-uh-ner-ee ] / ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR imaginary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveexisting only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss. noun, plural im·ag·i·nar·ies.Mathematics. imaginary number. Origin of imaginary1350–1400; Middle English <Latin imāginārius, equivalent to imāgin-, (stem of imāgō) image + -ārius-ary SYNONYMS FOR imaginary1 fanciful, visionary, shadowy, chimerical, baseless, illusory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR imaginary ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR imaginarySEE ANTONYMS FOR imaginary ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM imaginaryim·ag·i·nar·i·ly, adverbim·ag·i·nar·i·ness, nounnon·im·ag·i·nar·i·ly, adverbnon·im·ag·i·nar·i·ly·ness, noun non·im·ag·i·nar·i·ness, nounnon·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjectivepre·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjectiveun·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH imaginaryimaginary , imaginativeWords nearby imaginaryimagery, imagesetter, image tube, imaginable, imaginal, imaginary, imaginary axis, imaginary number, imaginary part, imaginary unit, imagination Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for imaginaryI have an imaginary place, and these are the people who live there. Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends|Mindy Farabee|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Did you make up any imaginary friends while you were in the caves? Scott Haze on Playing a Necrophiliac in ‘Child of God’ and Naked Paintballing with James Franco|Melissa Leon|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pretending and imaginative play also flourish, and imaginary friends are common companions to young schoolchildren. Diagnosing Jane, Louis C.K.’s Troubled Daughter on ‘Louie’ Who Can’t Separate Dreams From Reality|Russell Saunders|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST It could be said, however, that the imaginary slide show monologue begat the very real novel. The Climax of ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’|Robert Hofler|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because this is my book,” Kibbe writes, he decided to “mash up” the conversations into an “imaginary gab fest. Why The Tea Party Won’t Go Away And More Wisdom From Matt Kibbe|Michael Signer|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The triumphant tone of this imaginary catechism leads me to suspect that its author has hardly appreciated its full import. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions|Thomas H. Huxley Classical names were frequently taken for imaginary personages by the writers of this time. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers|Various Further, in each face, the line formed by the eyes is connected by two imaginary lines meeting at the mouth. The assuming a character ourselves, or the seeing others assume an imaginary character, is an enjoyment natural to humanity. Chronicles of the Canongate|Sir Walter Scott His imaginary world was peopled by women with pale faces and luxuriant auburn hair, pondering upon the mysteries of the universe. The Book of Art for Young People|Agnes Conway
British Dictionary definitions for imaginary/ (ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ, -dʒɪnrɪ) /
adjectiveexisting in the imagination; unreal; illusory maths involving or containing imaginary numbers. The imaginary part of a complex number, z, is usually written Im z Derived forms of imaginaryimaginarily, adverbimaginariness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to imaginarywhimsical, fantastic, abstract, fictional, unreal, fanciful, hypothetical, imagined, theoretical, ideal, visionary, apocryphal, assumed, chimerical, deceptive, delusive, dreamy, fabulous, hallucinatory, illusive |