Word.ws English Dictionary

hyperreal

hyperreal adjective: of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.

Adjective

hyperreal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.
  2. Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot be produced by repeatedly adding 1; hence infinite.
  3. Having the appearance of hyperrealism.
    • There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.2023 September 6, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023

Noun

hyperreal (plural hyperreals)

  1. A hyperreal number.

Forms of hyperreal

pluralhyperreals

Origin of hyperreal

From hyper- + real.

Words formed from hyperreal

Phrases with hyperreal

Questions about hyperreal

What does hyperreal mean?
Hyperreal means of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.
What part of speech is hyperreal?
Hyperreal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hyperreal in the dictionary

  1. hyperreactor
  2. hyperreactors
  3. hyperreacts
  4. hyperreader
  5. hyperreaders
  6. hyperreal
  7. hyperreal number
  8. hyperreal numbers
  9. hyperreal religion
  10. hyperreal religions
  11. hyperrealism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperreal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hyperreal.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hyperreal. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.