Synonyms of virtual

virtual

adjective

as in seeming

very close to being something without actually being it

Even after twenty years living on the same street the reclusive man was still a virtual stranger to his neighbors.

Related Words

• seeming
• like
• supposed
• parallel
• such
• ostensible
• corresponding
• so-called
• similar
• apparent
• presumed
• close
• analogous
• comparable
• matching
• equivalent
• akin
• evident
• assumed
• identical
• correspondent
• resembling
• cognate
• connate
• interchangeable
• titular
• indistinguishable
• equal
• nominal
• fungible
• approaching
• resemblant
• suchlike
• substitutable
• paper
• ditto
• formal
• approximating
• selfsame

Dissimilar Words

• real
• true
• actual

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of virtual

Meta and OpenAI use virtual machines, which partition a server into several lighter virtual computers, so one server can support scores of users. — Kif Leswing,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Extra chaos Then Alex Albon’s Williams suffered a gearbox failure on lap 43, triggering a virtual safety car. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

The battleground race’s general election between el Sayed and Rogers is a virtual toss-up, one of several neck-and-neck contests across the Senate map that could influence whether Republicans maintain the majority. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

In March 2021, Levine joined BookClub, a virtual book club platform, as CMO. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026