Synonyms of abstraction

abstraction

noun

as in idea

something imagined or pictured in the mind

to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idea
• concept
• conception
• notion
• thought
• impression
• image
• cogitation
• intellection
• picture
• perception
• observation
• reflection
• theory
• illusion
• cognition
• preconception
• assumption
• apprehension
• mind's eye
• belief
• prejudice
• hunch
• delusion
• phantasm
• presentiment
• premonition
• chimera
• vagary
• hallucination
• hypothesis
• prepossession
• conceit
• conviction
• speculation
• fantasm
• conjecture
• caprice
• whim
• fancy
• guess
• conclusion
• inspiration
• supposition
• kink
• brain wave
• surmise
• freak
• brainchild
• brainstorm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

• fact
• reality
• actuality