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chimerical
adjective chi·me·ri·cal \kī-ˈmer-i-kəl, kə-, -ˈmir-\
Definition of CHIMERICAL
1
: existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary or improbable
2
: given to fantastic schemes
— chi·me·ri·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of CHIMERICAL
chi·me·ri·cal also chi·me·ric \-ik\
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Origin of CHIMERICAL
chimera
First Known Use: 1638
Related to CHIMERICAL
- Synonyms
- imaginary (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visonary
Synonym Discussion of CHIMERICAL
imaginary, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination <an imaginary desert isle>. fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination <a teller of fanciful stories>. visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization <visionary schemes>. fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief <a fantastic world inhabited by monsters>. chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic <chimerical dreams of future progress>. quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense <a quixotic crusade>.
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