surreal
Syllables: sur·re·al/səˈɹiː(.ə)l/
surreal adjective: resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.
Adjective
surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal)
- Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.
- surreal picture/sound/art
- a surreal experience
- Synonyms:
- dreamlike, surrealist
Noun
surreal (plural surreals)
surreal meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
surreal in Tamil
- கற்பனை
surreal in Urdu
- غیرحقیقی
surreal in Tagalog
- fantastic and incongruous
- kubtunay
Examples of surreal in a sentence
- The movie had a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere.
- That’s when 2016 went from being a bad dream to full-on waking nightmare, one that’s just gotten worse and worse, and more and more surreal.2016 December 19, Dave Bry, “'Surreal' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. Sounds about right”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Incomprehensible violence and the tragedy that follows, the implication goes, inject a surreal dimension into existence.2017 June 16, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Dizzying, Surreal Journey of ‘The Leftovers’”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
- Trump’s surreal endeavor to conquer Greenland is of a piece with his general hostility to Europe.2026 January 9, James Kirchick, “Greenland Is Only the Beginning. Trump Has His Sights Set on Europe.”, in The New York Times, New York...
- Other moments of grace played out during an otherwise surreal evening.2026 April 26, Linda Feldmann, “After the gunfire: Moments of grace at White House correspondents’ dinner”, in The Christian Science...
Synonyms of surreal
Forms of surreal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more surreal |
| superlative | most surreal |
| Noun | |
| plural | surreals |
Origin of surreal
A back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real.
Words formed from surreal
Phrases with surreal
Words that rhyme with surreal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
Questions about surreal
- What does surreal mean?
- Surreal means resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.
- What is surreal in Tamil?
- Surreal in Tamil is கற்பனை. See Surreal meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use surreal in a sentence?
- The movie had a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere.
- What part of speech is surreal?
- Surreal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce surreal?
- Surreal is pronounced /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ (UK).
Words near surreal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surreal (page history and authors); surreal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surreal (Urdu Wiktionary) (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.
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