imaginary - imaginative — ◊ imaginary Something that is imaginary exists only in someone s imagination, and not in real life. Many children develop fears of imaginary dangers. ...pictures of completely imaginary plants. ◊ imaginative Imaginative people are g … Useful english dictionary
imaginative — imaginary, imaginative Imaginary means ‘existing only in the imagination, not real’, whereas imaginative means ‘having or showing a high degree of imagination’. Both words can be applied to people as well as things; an imaginary person is one who … Modern English usage
imaginary — imaginary, imaginative Imaginary means ‘existing only in the imagination, not real’, whereas imaginative means ‘having or showing a high degree of imagination’. Both words can be applied to people as well as things; an imaginary person is one who … Modern English usage
imaginative — imaginatively, adv. imaginativeness, n. /i maj euh neuh tiv, nay tiv/, adj. 1. characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale. 2. of, pertaining to, or concerned with imagination. 3. given to imagining, as persons. 4.… … Universalium
imaginative — See imaginary, imaginative … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
imaginary — See imaginary, imaginative … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
imaginative — imaginative, imaginal, imaginable, imaginary, though not synonymous, are sometimes confused because of their verbal likeness. Imaginative applies to something which is the product of the imagination or has a character indicating the exercise or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
imaginary — adj 1 Imaginary, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic are comparable when they are applied to conceptions or to the persons who form the conceptions and mean unreal or unbelievable and out of keeping with things as they are or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
imaginary — [adj] fictitious, invented abstract, apocryphal, apparitional, assumed, chimerical, deceptive, delusive, dreamed up*, dreamlike, dreamy, fabulous, fancied, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, figmental, fool’s paradise*, hallucinatory, hypothetical,… … New thesaurus
Imaginary world — An imaginary world is a setting, place or event or scenario at variance with objective reality, ranging from the voluntary suspension of disbelief of fictional universes and the socially constructed consensus reality of the Social Imaginary , to… … Wikipedia
