What are the opposite words for actual?
There are several antonyms for the word "actual." These include theoretical, hypothetical, imagined, potential, and possible. While actual refers to something that currently exists or is happening, theoretical refers to something that is based on theory or speculation. Hypothetical denotes something that is based on assumptions or guesses. Imagined refers to something that is created in one's mind or imagination, and potential suggests something that could happen but has not yet occurred. Finally, possible means that something is within the realm of possibility, but it may not be certain or actualized. These antonyms help to provide context and contrast, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of the concept of actuality.
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- believed
- exaggerated
- nonexistent
- false
- dishonest
- deceptive
- abstract
- bogus
- counterfeit
- delusive
- fictitious
- in essence
- reputed
- virtual
- deceitful
- ideal
- insincere
- nominal
- untrue
- conceptual, theoretical
- all
- truly existing, real
- existing at the present time
- fake, simulated
- dishonest, insincere
- hypocritical
- overstated, embellished
- wrong, made up
- untrue, made-up
- deceitful, pretending
- model, perfect
- supposed, theoretical
- fictional, not real
- having a title
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- believed
-
exaggerated
- hammy,
- hyperbolic,
- overkill,
- overestimated,
- a bit thick,
- out of proportion,
- over-wrought,
- caricatural,
- hammier,
- hammiest,
- more bouncing,
- more caricatural,
- more embroidered,
- more hyperbolic,
- more magnified,
- more overestimated,
- more overkill,
- more stylized,
- more too too,
- more too-too,
- more tootoo,
- most amplified,
- most bouncing,
- most caricatural,
- most embroidered,
- most fabricated,
- most hyperbolic,
- most magnified,
- most overestimated,
- most stylized,
- most too too,
- most tootoo,
- out proportion,
- over blown,
- over done,
- over estimated,
- over kill,
- over-blown,
- over-estimated,
- over-kill,
- too too,
- too-too,
- tootoo,
- un realistic.
-
nonexistent
- Gossamery,
- Perished,
- passed away,
- passed on,
- ungrounded,
- Non-existent,
- without foundation,
- few and far between,
- de parted,
- de-parted,
- few far between,
- in substantial,
- in-substantial,
- more extinguished,
- more fancied,
- more gossamery,
- more perished,
- more ungrounded,
- most extinguished,
- most fancied,
- most gossamery,
- most perished,
- most ungrounded,
- non existent,
- null void,
- un grounded,
- un substantial,
- un-grounded,
- un-substantial.
-
false
- casuistic,
- contrary to fact,
- mendacious,
- rascally,
- scoundrelly,
- simulated,
- snide,
- sophistical,
- Misrepresentative,
- socalled,
- falsehearted,
- bummest,
- contrary fact,
- cooked-up,
- cookedup,
- counter factual,
- counter-factual,
- dis guised,
- dis honest,
- dis honorable,
- dis loyal,
- dis-guised,
- dis-honest,
- dis-honorable,
- dis-loyal,
- fakest,
- in accurate,
- in correct,
- in valid,
- in-accurate,
- in-correct,
- in-valid,
- madeup,
- makebelieve,
- mis representative,
- mis taken,
- mis-representative,
- mis-taken,
- more casuistic,
- more concocted,
- more cooked up,
- more cooked-up,
- more cookedup,
- more fabricated,
- more forsworn,
- more misrepresentative,
- more mythomaniac,
- more rascally,
- more scoundrelly,
- more sophistical,
- most apostate,
- most casuistic,
- most concocted,
- most cooked up,
- most cooked-up,
- most cookedup,
- most forsworn,
- most misrepresentative,
- most sophistical,
- mythomaniac,
- off mark,
- off the mark,
- so called,
- un faithful,
- un founded,
- un scrupulous,
- un sound,
- un sounder,
- un true,
- un-faithful,
- un-founded,
- un-scrupulous,
- un-sound,
- un-sounder,
- un-soundest,
- un-true.
- dishonest
- deceptive
- abstract
- bogus
- counterfeit
- delusive
- fictitious
- in essence
- reputed
- virtual
-
deceitful
- Astucious,
- Double dealing,
- Impostrous,
- de signing,
- de-signing,
- dis ingenuous,
- dis-ingenuous,
- doubledealing,
- in direct,
- in-direct,
- more astucious,
- more deceiving,
- more impostrous,
- most astucious,
- most beguiling,
- most deceiving,
- most feline,
- most impostrous,
- most rascal,
- un-trustworthy,
- un-truthful,
- under hand,
- under handed,
- under-hand,
- under-handed.
-
ideal
- out of reach,
- Indefectible,
- have it all,
- have-it-all,
- high flown,
- highflown,
- in clouds,
- in-defectible,
- ivory-tower,
- ivorytower,
- more have it all,
- more have-it-all,
- more indefectible,
- more ivory tower,
- more ivory-tower,
- more ivorytower,
- more out of reach,
- more out-of-reach,
- more pie in the sky,
- more pie-in-the-sky,
- more shangri la,
- more shangri-la,
- more shangrila,
- most have it all,
- most have-it-all,
- most ideal,
- most indefectible,
- most ivory tower,
- most ivory-tower,
- most ivorytower,
- most out of reach,
- most out-of-reach,
- most pie in the sky,
- most pie-in-the-sky,
- most shangri la,
- most shangri-la,
- most shangrila,
- out-of-reach,
- pie-in-the-sky,
- re presentative,
- re-presentative,
- shangri la,
- un attainable,
- un earthlier,
- un earthliest,
- un earthly,
- un-attainable,
- un-earthlier,
- un-earthliest,
- un-earthly.
- insincere
-
nominal
- in name only,
- self-styled,
- as advertised,
- in considerable,
- in effect only,
- in expensive,
- in-considerable,
- in-expensive,
- low priced,
- lowpriced,
- more puppet,
- more purported,
- more self styled,
- more self-styled,
- more selfstyled,
- more token,
- most puppet,
- most purported,
- most self styled,
- most self-styled,
- most selfstyled,
- most token,
- self styled,
- selfstyled,
- un necessary,
- un-necessary.
- untrue
- conceptual, theoretical
- all
- truly existing, real
-
existing at the present time
- old.
- fake, simulated
- dishonest, insincere
-
hypocritical
- feigning,
- moralistic,
- smooth-spoken,
- lefthanded,
- hypo critical,
- hypo-critical,
- jivey,
- jivier,
- jiviest,
- left handed,
- more caviling,
- more dissembling,
- more feigning,
- more moralistic,
- more smooth spoken,
- more smooth-spoken,
- more smoothspoken,
- most caviling,
- most dissembling,
- most feigning,
- most moralistic,
- most smooth spoken,
- most smooth-spoken,
- most smoothspoken,
- self righteous,
- selfrighteous,
- smooth spoken,
- smooth tongued,
- smoothspoken,
- smoothtongued,
- un reliable,
- un-natural,
- un-reliable.
- overstated, embellished
- wrong, made up
- untrue, made-up
- deceitful, pretending
- model, perfect
- supposed, theoretical
- fictional, not real
- having a title
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
