nonrealistic

Examples

• All

• It is nonrealistic to expect the project to be finished in just one week.

• Her plan for the event was so nonrealistic that no one thought it could work.

• His plans for the project are completely nonrealistic.

• It's nonrealistic to expect everyone to agree.

• It is nonrealistic to believe that we can eliminate all poverty in just a few years.

• Her nonrealistic proposal to travel the world in a month surprised everyone.

• Many people find it nonrealistic to expect a perfect work-life balance at all times.

Synonyms

U

unrealistic

vsnonrealistic

96 4.0

Not having a sensible idea of what can be done in real life

is similar but stresses being unlikely to be achieved

I

impractical

vsnonrealistic

38 5.3

Not sensible or likely to work in real life

gives emphasis instead on being unlikely to happen rather than not working

I

implausible

vsnonrealistic

26 7.0

Not likely to be true or hard to believe

stresses not being sensible or achievable rather than mere disbelief

U

unattainable

vsnonrealistic

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

suggests a lower degree of impossibility and often mere unlikeliness

U

utopian

vsnonrealistic

16 7.9

Having ideas about a perfect world that are impossible to make real

focuses more on being unrealistic and unlikely to work in practice

F

fanciful

vsnonrealistic

12 6.0

Imaginative but not true or practical

focuses less on imagination and more on real likelihood or feasibility

U

unfeasible

vsnonrealistic

4 6.8

Not possible to do or make work

leans toward saying something is unreal or unlikely rather than impossible

U

unachievable

vsnonrealistic

3 6.3

Not possible to do or reach

portrays the idea as unlikely to happen rather than absolutely impossible

I

infeasible

vsnonrealistic

2 7.2

Not possible to do or make happen

is softer, describing things as unlikely rather than totally impossible

I

impracticable

vsnonrealistic

• Formal

1 7.3

Not possible to do in real life because of problems

is less strict and suggests not sensible or likely instead of impossible

C

chimerical

vsnonrealistic

• Literature

1 9.9

Only in the imagination and very unlikely to happen

is milder and describes things simply not sensible or likely

N

nonviable

vsnonrealistic

1 7.8

Not able to live, develop, or succeed

focuses on ideas being not sensible or likely rather than unable to survive

U

unrealizable

vsnonrealistic

• US

1 8.5

Impossible to do or make real

treats such ideas as unlikely rather than strictly impossible to reach

Antonyms

R

realistic

283 3.7

Having sensible ideas about what can be achieved

How Realistic

reasonable

302 2.2

nonrealistic

6.3

impractical

38 5.3

fanciful

12 6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology