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castle in the air

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Synonyms and Antonyms of castle in the air

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

He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air.

Synonyms of castle in the air

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

Words Related to castle in the air

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 castle in the air

castle in Spain

Near Antonyms of castle in the air

actuality, fact, reality

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