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castles in the air
phrase
plural of castle in the air
Synonyms & Antonyms of castles 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 for castles in the air
- chimeras,
- conceits,
- daydreams,
- delusions,
- dreams,
- fancies,
- fantasies,
- figments,
- hallucinations,
- illusions,
- nonentities,
- phantasms
- (also fantasms),
- pipe dreams,
- unrealities,
- visions
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“Castles in the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castles%20in%20the%20air. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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