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Definition: Surrealistic |
SurrealisticAdjective1. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"- J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"; ". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SurrealisticSynonyms: phantasmagoric (adj), phantasmagorical (adj), surreal (adj). (additional references) |
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 | Aurora Australis - surrealistic view of South Pole station with auroral curtain and exhaust emanating in curved line fro. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Surrealistic window display, Bergdorf Goodman, New York City. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Surrealistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Surrealistic" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "surrealistic": semi-surrealistic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
surrealistic art | 15 |
surrealistic wordsmith | 10 |
surrealistic painting | 7 |
surrealistic pillow | 7 |
surrealistic | 5 |
airplane jefferson pillow surrealistic | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "surrealistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 超现实主义 (surreal, surrealism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | surrealistisch (surreal, surrealist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σουρεαλιστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szürrealisztikus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | surrealistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 超現実的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちょう'"じつてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urrealisticsay сюрреалистичный (surreal), сюрреалистический (surreal). (various references) surrealistisk (surreal). (various references) sürrealist (surrealist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "surrealistic": surrealistically. (additional references) | |
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"Surrealistic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: surrealisttic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "surrealistic" (pronounced serē'li"stik or serē'uli"stik) |
| 7 | -ē' l i" s t i k | unrealistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, holistic, idealistic, imperialistic, individualistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, monopolistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, realistic, ritualistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, stylistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
| 8 | -ē' u l i" s t i k | idealistic, realistic. |
| 7 | -u l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, imperialistic, individualistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, monopolistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, ritualistic, sensationalistic, socialistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | holistic, oligopolistic, simplistic, stylistic, unrealistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cuirassier, curtailers, ruralities, secularist, surrealist. | |
-3 letters: clarities, curtailer, eristical, raucities, realistic, retiarius, reticular, ruralises, ruralists, ruralites, rusticals, scarriest, serialist, silicates, suricates, utilisers. | |
-4 letters: acuities, articles, auricles, ciliates, citruses, classier, clusters, criteria, cruisers, crustier, curliest, curtails, curtsies, cutlases, elastics, eristics, erratics, laicises, rarities, realists, recitals, recruits, recusals, reticula, retrials, rictuses, ruralise, ruralist, ruralite, rustical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: particularises. | |
+3 letters: cruciverbalists, ultraprecisions. | |
+4 letters: surrealistically. | |
+5 letters: supernaturalistic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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