chimerical
1Chimerical — Chi*mer ic*al, a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn: Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful;… …
2chimerical — index delusive, fictitious, illusory, immaterial, insubstantial, nonexistent, quixotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burt …
3chimerical — fantastic, fanciful, visionary, imaginary, quixotic Analogous words: Utopian, *ambitious, pretentious: illusory, *apparent: delusive, delusory, *misleading, deceptive: fabulous, mythical (see FICTITIOUS): preposterous, absurd (see FOOLISH)… …
4chimerical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) like a mythical chimera. 2) illusory or impossible to achieve. DERIVATIVES chimerically adverb …
5chimerical — [kī mer′i kəl, kimer′i kəl] adj. [ CHIMER(A) + ICAL] 1. imaginary; fantastic; unreal 2. absurd; impossible 3. indulging in unrealistic fancies; visionary: Also chimeric chimerically adv …
6chimerical — chimerically, adv. /ki mer i keuhl, mear , kuy /, adj. 1. unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise. 2. wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic: a chimerical plan. Also, chimeric. [1630 40; CHIMER(A) + ICAL] Syn. 1. illusory,… …
7chimerical — adjective /kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/ a) Of or pertaining to a chimera. Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical so… …
8chimerical — adjective 1. being or relating to or like a chimera his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists Douglas Bush • Syn: ↑chimeric, ↑chimeral • Pertains to noun: ↑Chimera (for: ↑chimeral) …
9chimerical — also chimeric adjective Etymology: chimera Date: 1638 1. existing only as the product of unchecked imagination ; fantastically visionary or improbable 2. given to fantastic schemes Synonyms: see …
10chimerical — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, absurd, aerial, air built, airy, ambitious, apparent, apparitional, autistic, chimeric, cloud born, cloud built, cloud woven, deceptive, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic,… …
11chimerical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimeric, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusive, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary. See REAL. 2.… …
12chimerical — chi|me|ri|cal [kaıˈmerıkəl, kı ] adj formal imaginary or not really possible …
13chimerical — chi mer·ical || merɪkl adj. illusory; imaginary …
14chimerical — a. Imaginary, fantastic, fanciful, visionary, illusory, shadowy, wild, Quixotic, Utopian …
15chimerical — adjective literary imaginary or not really possible …
16chimerical — adj 1. unreal, imaginary, illusory, delusory; visionary, quixotic, romantic, starry eyed, in the clouds; ethereal, unsubstantial, airy, vaporous, gossamery, spectral, dreamlike. 2.(all to an extreme degree) fanciful, notional, whimsical,… …
17chimerical — chi·mer·i·cal …
18chimerical — See: chimera …
19chimerical — chi•mer•i•cal [[t]kɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl, ˈmɪər , kaɪ [/t]] also chi•mer′ic adj. 1) imaginary 2) highly unrealistic • Etymology: 1630–40 chi•mer′i•cal•ly, adv …
20chimerical — /kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl/ (say kuy merikuhl), /kə / (say kuh ) adjective 1. unreal; imaginary; visionary. 2. wildly fanciful. Also, chimeric. –chimerically, adverb …
