imaginary

Examples

• All

• Dear diary, I wish that my imaginary friend was real.

• But outside of the novels, we have this vast imaginary space.

• I think I would just call you like, my imaginary friend, OK?

• Rep brings his imaginary friend to the set.

• See, the question poses an imaginary situation.

• Children often create imaginary friends to cope with loneliness.

• In her stories, she explores imaginary worlds filled with magical creatures.

• He told me about his imaginary pet dragon that flies around his house.

Antonyms

R

real

∞ 1.0

Happening in real life, not imagined

A

actual

∞ 1.4

Real and existing in fact, not imagined or expected

Compounds

I

imaginary number

• Specialized

1 7.9

A number in the form a plus b i, where i is the square root of minus one

I

imaginary being

• Literature

7.3

A creature that people imagine and that is not real

I

imaginary creature

• Literature

6.0

A made-up being that exists only in stories or imagination

I

imaginary lat syndrome

• Slang

9.9

A feeling of muscle pain that is not real after exercise

I

imaginary place

• Literature

6.1

A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories

I

imaginary part

• Specialized

7.8

The number you multiply by i in a complex number, for example 3 in 5 + 3i

P

pure imaginary number

• Specialized

8.8

A number equal to a real number not zero times i with no real part

How Real

real thing

102 3.8

imaginary

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology