9
fictive(adjective, fake, happy, perfect, false)
9
ideal(adjective, fake, happy, perfect, false)
9
phantasmal(adjective, fantastic, real, shadowy, ghastly)
8
airy(adjective, light, weak, slight, thin)
8
chimeric(adjective, strange, real, fantasy, imaginary)
8
dreamlike(adjective, fake, happy, perfect, false)
8
ethereal(adjective, negative, supernatural, vacant, ghostly)
8
immaterial(adjective, light, weak, slight, thin)
8
mythical(adjective, fake, false, negative, fantastic)
8
spectral(adjective, unreal, shadowy, theoretical, ghastly)
8
unrealistic(adjective, unreal)
8
untrue(adjective, false, imaginary, misleading, untruth)
7
apparent(adjective, false, fantastic, real, fanciful)
7
deceitful(adjective, mean, smooth, deception, false)
7
fantastical(adjective, happy, perfect, strange, fantastic)
7
phantasmagoric(adjective, fake, false, fantastic, real)
7
shadowy(adjective, obscure, happy, perfect, negative)
6
illusionary(adjective, strange, fantasy, unreal)
6
notional(adjective, fake, happy, perfect, false)
6
ostensible(adjective, fake, false, fantastic, apparent)
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