Synonyms: unrealistic
Definition: not realistic
Usage: unrealistic expectations; prices at unrealistic high levels
Similar words: chimerical
Definition: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
Usage: his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists- Douglas Bush
Similar words: delusive, false
Definition: inappropriate to reality or facts
Usage: delusive faith in a wonder drug; delusive expectations; false hopes
Similar words: fantastic, wild
Definition: fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
Usage: a fantastic idea of his own importance
Similar words: kafkaesque
Definition: characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
Usage: the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations
Similar words: surreal, surrealistic, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical
Definition: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
Usage: a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows--J.C.Powys; the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature