delusion | Definition of delusion

Synonyms and Antonyms of delusion

1 a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality

her idea that her new man is a long lost prince is surely just a delusion

Synonyms of delusion

chimera, conceit, daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

Words Related to delusion

ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp

brainchild, idea

concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention

envisaging, imaging, visualization

cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia

daymare, nightmare

Phrases Synonymous with delusion

castle in Spain, castle in the air

Near Antonyms of delusion

actuality, fact, reality

2 a false idea or belief

he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business

Synonyms of delusion

error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misbelief, misconception, myth, old wives' tale, untruth

Words Related to delusion

fiction, pretense (or pretence)

distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstanding

misinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement

sophism, sophistry

fib, half-truth, lie, story, tale

Antonyms of delusion