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imaginary
[ ih-maj-uh-ner-ee ]
adjective
- existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied:
an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
Synonyms: illusory, baseless, chimerical, shadowy, visionary, fanciful
Antonyms: real
noun
- Mathematics. imaginary number.
imaginary
/ -dʒɪnrɪ; ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ /
adjective
- existing in the imagination; unreal; illusory
- maths involving or containing imaginary numbers. The imaginary part of a complex number, z, is usually written Im z
Derived Forms
- imˈaginariness, noun
- imˈaginarily, adverb
Other Words From
- im·agi·nari·ly adverb
- im·agi·nari·ness noun
- nonim·agi·nari·ly adverb
- nonim·agi·nari·ly·ness noun
- nonim·agi·nari·ness noun
- nonim·agi·nary adjective
- preim·agi·nary adjective
- unim·agi·nary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of imaginary1
Example Sentences
I have an imaginary place, and these are the people who live there.
Did you make up any imaginary friends while you were in the caves?
Pretending and imaginative play also flourish, and imaginary friends are common companions to young schoolchildren.
It could be said, however, that the imaginary slide show monologue begat the very real novel.
Having celebrities is like having imaginary friends, which, come to think of it, most of our friends are.
He was continually presenting innumerable imaginary fivers to little people.
And then at last the man himself took to forgetting the imaginary writer and poured out words of love, warm, true, and passionate.
It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art.
He believed in demons, spirits, and dragons, and in nearly every house were idols in honour of the imaginary deities.
These stories represent early traditions and may easily be true, though they may be merely imaginary.
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