Synonyms for surreal
səˈri əl, -ˈrilsur·re·al

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1. phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealisticadjective

   characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

   "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"

   Synonyms:
   dreamlike, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic

   Antonyms:
   realistic, real(a)

2. dreamlike, surrealadjective

   resembling a dream

   "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"

   Synonyms:
   dreamlike, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic

   Antonyms:
   realistic, real(a)

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1. List of paraphrases for "surreal":

   surrealistic, surrealist, unreal, bizarre

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1. Maria Menounos:

   I didn’t cry, i actually laughed. It’s so surreal and crazy and unbelievable that my mom has a brain tumor — and now I have one too?

2. Daniil Kvyat:

   It was an amazing race, all a bit surreal at the moment, all a bit unreal for me.

3. Nicholas Latifi:

   For me, it's a dream come true and something I've been working towards for almost half my life, it still feels a bit surreal. I don't think it will sink in fully until I'm on the grid in Melbourne next year.

4. Karen Darke:

   It's just such a surreal experience. You're in this thing that looks like an egg... going down a highway in the middle of nowhere, and it only takes a tiny bit of wind to blow it slightly off course.

5. Iga Swiatek:

   Right now, it’s too surreal to describe it, honestly, but for sure I want to go higher because I feel like getting the No. 1 is closer and closer.