chimerical

Definitions

Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination; fantastically visionary or improbable.

Given to fantastic schemes; unreal or illusory.

Examples

His chimerical plans for world peace were dismissed by the committee as entirely impractical.

The startup's chimerical promise of overnight wealth lured many unsuspecting investors into a trap.

She realized that her childhood dream of becoming a mermaid was merely a chimerical fantasy.

Synonyms

fanciful imaginary visionary illusory fantastic unreal quixotic

Antonyms

realistic practical pragmatic feasible attainable sensible grounded