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Synonyms & Antonyms of unrealistic
1
not likely to occur in the real world
- The movie's unrealistic dialogue kept distracting me from the story.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for unrealistic
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- far-fetched,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- unbelievable,
- unreal,
- unreasonable
- artificial,
- contrived,
- fake,
- feigned,
- forced,
- nonnatural,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- pretended,
- unnatural
- absurd,
- cockamamy
- (or cockamamie),
- comical,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- farcical,
- laughable,
- ludicrous,
- pathetic,
- preposterous,
- ridiculous,
- risible,
- silly
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for unrealistic
2
based on what is wanted or hoped for rather than on what is possible or likely
- He had unrealistic expectations about the type of apartment he could afford on his meager salary.
- The valuation placed on this company is completely unrealistic.
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The first known use of unrealistic was in 1865
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