Synonyms for surreal
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Dreamlike
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.
surreal picture/sound/art
Example sentences
- dreamlike All his ideas had a strong dreamlike component.
- ridiculous That's the most ridiculous movie I have ever seen.
- surrealist Surrealist writing came before surrealist visual art.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| surreal | rising | |
| dreamlike | rising | |
| surrealistic | steady | |
| phantasmagoric | rising | |
| phantasmagorical | rising | |
| ridiculous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- dreamlike2
- 10 letters
- ridiculous4, surrealist
- 12 letters
- surrealistic4
- 14 letters
- phantasmagoric
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dreamlike2 = 2 syllables).