Synonyms of virtual

virtual

adjective

as in seeming

very close to being something without actually being it

Even after twenty years living on the same street the reclusive man was still a virtual stranger to his neighbors.

Related Words

• seeming
• like
• supposed
• parallel
• such
• ostensible
• corresponding
• so-called
• similar
• apparent
• presumed
• close
• analogous
• comparable
• matching
• equivalent
• akin
• evident
• assumed
• identical
• correspondent
• resembling
• cognate
• connate
• interchangeable
• titular
• indistinguishable
• equal
• nominal
• fungible
• approaching
• resemblant
• suchlike
• substitutable
• paper
• ditto
• formal
• approximating
• selfsame

Dissimilar Words

• real
• true
• actual

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of virtual

Muse, Instinct and Claude Duet all handle payments through Stripe’s Link service, which can generate single-use virtual cards to keep card details hidden. — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Glance functions like a personal shopper, remembering the users’ preferences, scouring the web for good deals on the right looks and circling back to offer up virtual try-ons and get the green light before making the purchase. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

During the 2008 financial crisis, most of the construction at Martis Camp came to a virtual halt. — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Using photogammetry, a technique which renders 2D surfaces into 3D models, and game engines, Montoya directs a virtual drone that hovers over the ruins of cities and its strange, frozen residents. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026