imaginary
1. imag.i.nary \im-'aj-*-.ner-e-\ aj 1: existing only in imagination :
FANCIED 2: containing or relating to the imaginary unit {~ number}
QUIXOTIC: IMAGINARY stresses lack of actuality; it applies to what could be
existent or present but in fact is not; FANCIFUL suggests the free play of
the imagination; VISIONARY stresses impracticality or incapability of
realization; FANTASTIC implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief;
CHIMERICAL combines the implication of VISIONARY and FANTASTIC; QUIXOTIC
implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by
ordinary prudence and common sense SYN syn FANCIFUL, VISIONARY, FANTASTIC,
CHIMERICAL,
2. imaginary n obs 1: a figment of imagination 2: a complex number (as 2
+ 3i) whose imaginary part is not zero