illusion | Definition of illusion

Synonyms and Antonyms of illusion

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

the magician specializes in creating illusions, so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't

Synonyms of illusion

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

Words Related to illusion

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 illusion

castle in Spain, castle in the air

Near Antonyms of illusion

actuality, fact, reality

2 a false idea or belief

he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require

Synonyms of illusion

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

Words Related to illusion

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 illusion