chimerical

Meaning

Illusory or impossible to achieve; existing only in imagination.

Imaginary, fanciful, or wildly unrealistic; existing only in the imagination.

Example Sentences

His chimerical ideas often baffled realists.

His chimerical plans for building a city on the moon fascinated the young engineers.

Synonyms

fanciful, unrealistic, imaginary, illusory, fantastic, utopian, fantastical, visionary

Entry 1

fanciful, unrealistic, imaginary, illusory, fantastic, utopian

Entry 2

fantastical, visionary, illusory, imaginary, fanciful

Antonyms

practical, realistic, achievable, feasible, concrete, tangible, rational

Entry 1

practical, realistic, achievable, feasible, concrete, tangible

Entry 2

realistic, practical, rational

Collocations

chimerical dream, chimerical scheme, chimerical vision, chimerical idea