Synonyms of vision

vision 1 of 2

noun

ˈvi-zhən 

1

as in dream

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

a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dream
• illusion
• daydream
• fantasy
• idea
• delusion
• hallucination
• unreality
• nightmare
• chimera
• pipe dream
• imaging
• mirage
• phantasm
• castle in the air
• figment
• castle in Spain
• conceit
• nonentity
• fiction
• fancy
• visualization
• utopia
• concoction
• ignis fatuus
• brainchild
• fabrication
• will-o'-the-wisp
• cloudland
• invention
• fable
• envisaging
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• Shangri-la
• daymare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

2

as in eyesight

the ability to see

the bright light temporarily robbed me of vision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eyesight
• eye
• sight
• myopia
• nearsightedness
• farsightedness
• astigmatism
• strabismus
• diplopia
• presbyopia
• hyperopia
• squint
• hypermetropia
• double vision
• aniseikonia

3

as in apparition

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

believed he'd seen a vision of his mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apparition
• spirit
• ghost
• phantom
• materialization
• haunt
• phantasm
• shadow
• specter
• wraith
• familiar spirit
• vampire
• sprite
• demon
• angel
• poltergeist
• spook
• visitant
• bogey
• zombie
• shade
• hant
• familiar
• double
• genie
• ghoul
• genius
• doppelgänger
• daimon
• fetch
• manes
• incubus
• jinni
• succubus
• devil
• shaitan
• imp
• lemures
• lamia
• cacodemon
• fiend

4

as in providence

concern or preparation for the future

a company president with the long-range vision that his firm needs to survive in the global economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providence
• foresight
• farsightedness
• forethought
• prescience
• foresightedness
• insight
• prudence
• wisdom
• perception
• precaution
• discernment
• sagacity
• premeditation
• perceptiveness
• discretion
• sagaciousness
• sapience
• sageness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• myopia
• shortsightedness
• retrospect
• improvidence
• reappraisal
• retrospection
• hindsight

vision

2 of 2

verb

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of

visioned her idea of the perfect meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagine
• envision
• dream
• see
• picture
• fantasy
• visualize
• conceive
• image
• feature
• envisage
• fancy
• fantasize
• conceit
• plan
• conjure (up)
• contemplate
• daydream
• ideate
• reflect
• hallucinate
• project
• muse
• relive
• foresee
• ponder
• meditate
• invent
• manufacture
• reminisce
• make up
• stargaze
• ruminate
• re-create
• concoct
• prefigure
• fabricate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vision

Noun

Even as Blinken outlined America’s vision for postwar Gaza, Netanyahu was already defying it. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Aaron Chown / Pool/AFP via Getty Images Burnham then made the short drive back to Downing Street, where he was set to make a landmark speech laying out his vision for the country. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 July 2026

Verb

At 80, Larry Ginter, a longtime organizer who participated in November’s visioning session, isn’t old enough to remember the original New Deal. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2020

Nobody was more tunnel-visioned than Helton, who did not look up at the visitors. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019