Standard Lemma guide

unrealistic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not realistic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not realistic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unrealistic expectations
  • prices at unrealistic high levels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: realistic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English realistic English unrealistic From un- + realistic.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: нерэалісты́чны (njerealistýčny) — not realistic
  • Danish: urealistisk — not realistic
  • Dutch: onrealistisch — not realistic
  • Finnish: epärealistinen — not realistic
  • Finnish: epätodenmukainen — not realistic
  • French: irréaliste — not realistic
  • Galician: irrealista — not realistic
  • Georgian: არარეალისტური (ararealisṭuri) — not realistic
  • German: unrealistisch — not realistic
  • Greek: εξωπραγματικός (exopragmatikós) — not realistic
  • Icelandic: óraunhæfur — not realistic
  • Italian: irrealistico — not realistic
  • Japanese: 非現実的 (higenjitsuteki) — not realistic
  • Malayalam: അയഥാർത്ഥമായ (ayathāṟtthamāya) — not realistic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urealistisk — not realistic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urealistisk — not realistic
  • Polish: nierealistyczny — not realistic
  • Portuguese: irrealista — not realistic
  • Romanian: nerealist — not realistic
  • Romanian: irealist — not realistic
  • Russian: нереалисти́чный (nerealistíčnyj) — not realistic
  • Russian: нереа́льный (nereálʹnyj) — not realistic
  • Spanish: irreal — not realistic
  • Spanish: irrealizable — not realistic
  • Spanish: irrealista — not realistic
  • Spanish: irrealístico — not realistic
  • Spanish: no realístico — not realistic
  • Spanish: poco realístico — not realistic
  • Swedish: orealistisk — not realistic
  • Ukrainian: нереалісти́чний (nerealistýčnyj) — not realistic