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surreal

/səˈɹiː(.ə)l/adjective2 syllables

Surreal means: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions.

Synonyms for surreal7

adjective, as in characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic, unrealistic

adjective, as in resembling a dream

dreamlike, unreal

also used for surreal

surrealist

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What does surreal mean?2

adjective

1

characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions“a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows”

2

resembling a dream“night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with surreal?25

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Surreal in a sentence

  • Paris butcher shops look surreal in the short hours before the sun rises.Eccles17
  • I'm learning to make surreal art in Photoshop.DJ_Saidez
  • Ziri said the situation felt surreal.Amastan
  • Sharing my book felt surreal and exciting.Nuel
  • Italians in normally bustling cities like Rome and Milan woke Tuesday to empty streets and a surreal quiet.Hybrid
  • Visiting the slave castles in Ghana and seeing the Door of No Return was a surreal experience.JHR

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