| Virtual 1. (a.) Being in essence or effect, but not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute. 2. (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing. Thesaurus Entries accepted, basic, between the lines, constructive, covert, cryptic, delitescent, dormant, effective, esoteric, essential, fundamental, hibernating, hidden, latent, lurking, muffled, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult, possible, potential, practical, sleeping, submerged, under the surface, underlying, understood, unmanifested, veiled |