Imaginary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Imaginary is an adjective meaning Existing only in the imagination.
Meaning
Existing only in the imagination.
More Meanings
- (mathematics, of a number)
- Imagination; fancy.
- (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
Example Sentences
imaginary friend
Unicorns are imaginary.
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer / Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?
By then too Mozart's opera, from Da Ponte's libretto, had made Figaro a stock character in the European imaginary and set the whole Continent whistling Mozartian airs and chuckling at Figaresque humour.
Word Forms
- imaginaries
Synonyms for imaginary
Depending on context, synonyms include fanciful, unreal, notional, imagined.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include imagined, notional, fanciful, unreal, fantasy, imagination.
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