ALICE-IN-WONDERLAND Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

Alice-in-Wonderland

adjective

Definition of Alice-in-Wonderland

as in nightmarish

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Adjective

The nightmarish death prompted Six Flags to temporarily close nine similar coasters across North America.

— Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
The novel’s alternate realities are split like a nightmarish LP — the party in Silver Lake pops off on the A-side where, soon, most territories will be contested, and militias and gunfire will become ubiquitous.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of nightmarish

Adjective

Born as the score to a surreal short film set on Manchester’s empty streets, the ambient duo’s latest album folds classical instrumentation and field recordings into a mood of deep introspection.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Larry David has built one of the greatest careers in comedy out of his own hyperfixations, particular neuroses, and the surreal situations these often lead him into.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of surreal

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For the average soccer fan, the quest for 2026 World Cup tickets started last year when FIFA opened its Kafkaesque lottery system.

— Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 5 June 2026
Much of the book hovers on the edge of reality before diving into moments of Kafkaesque disorder.

— Via Catapult, Literary Hub, 5 June 2026

Definition of Kafkaesque

Adjective

By his logic, the chip of 1975 would accommodate sixty-five thousand—a ludicrous estimate.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Early on, Sakurai exploits the inherent absurdity of telling a story populated by so many ludicrous characters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ludicrous

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Countless poets have wrestled with this question, either writing about dreams directly or invoking them through the dreamlike manipulation of words and ideas.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026
The Oscars’ best picture field now routinely includes two international movies, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s dreamlike meditation on mortality and human connection feels like a sure bet to make the cut.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dreamlike

Adjective

Transformation scenes can be unintentionally laughable, and no one has fully figured out how to make a wolf-human hybrid look less like a fall-season impulse buy at Home Depot and more like a terrifically terrifying beast.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
His argument would have been laughable, if not for the fact that Black Americans were barred from giving testimony against white people in California’s courts and therefore from contradicting Smith’s account.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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