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Surreal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Surreal is an adjective meaning Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

Meaning

Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

More Meanings

  1. (mathematics) A surreal number.

Example Sentences

a surreal experience
surreal picture/sound/art
The movie had a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere.
Other moments of grace played out during an otherwise surreal evening.

Word Forms

Synonyms for surreal

Depending on context, synonyms include dreamlike, surrealist, unreal, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, unrealistic.

dreamlikesurrealistunrealphantasmagoricphantasmagoricalunrealistic

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unreal, dreamlike, unrealistic, phantasmagorical, phantasmagoric, surrealist.

unrealdreamlikeunrealisticphantasmagoricalphantasmagoricsurrealistbizarrestrangeabsurdoddpreposterousimaginarydreamishsurrealishnightmarishfantasticoneiricfanciful

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