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Fantastical

Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unusual 84% connected

Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unusual 84% connected

Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

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Fantasy 74% connected

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fantasy 74% connected

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Antic 92% connected

Old; antique.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fantastic 92% connected

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grotesque 92% connected

A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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