Synonyms of conceits

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noun

plural of conceit

1

as in metaphors

an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something

the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music

Synonyms & Similar Words

• metaphors
• figures of speech
• analogies
• devices
• circumlocutions
• similes
• euphemisms
• code words
• dead metaphors
• cranks
• mixed metaphors
• catachreses

2

as in illusions

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

his dream of swimming in the Olympics is nothing more than a conceit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illusions
• visions
• fantasies
• dreams
• daydreams
• ideas
• delusions
• unrealities
• chimeras
• phantasms
• hallucinations
• fancies
• figments
• pipe dreams
• castles in the air
• castles in Spain
• mirages
• nightmares
• fictions
• nonentities
• concoctions
• inventions
• fabrications
• fables
• utopias
• brainchildren
• visualizations
• ignes fatui
• will-o'-the-wisps
• cloudlands
• cloud-cuckoo-lands
• Shangri-las
• daymares

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

conceits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of conceit, chiefly dialect

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of

after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagines
• envisions
• fantasies
• dreams
• visions
• sees
• pictures
• fancies
• features
• images
• conceives
• fantasizes
• visualizes
• envisages
• plans
• contemplates
• conjures (up)
• daydreams
• ideates
• muses
• reflects
• ruminates
• projects
• manufactures
• ponders
• invents
• reminisces
• prefigures
• concocts
• hallucinates
• stargazes
• meditates
• relives
• foresees
• fabricates
• re-creates
• makes up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conceits

Noun

One of the most powerful conceits in the book occurs when the two leave an airport venue and readers get the perspective of a person who served or overheard them. — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

The high-wire act that followed—in which performers had to make these bland conceits into something funny without, ostensibly, preparing any jokes in advance—introduced a tension that made sketch shows feel sedate and uneven by comparison. — Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

It is shockingly invested in a sense of security, from songs about taking a five-year relationship to the next level to tried-and-true musical and lyrical conceits. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

This might actually be the first Yoshi platformer to not fully embrace a unique arts-and-crafts aesthetic in quite some time, considering how much Yoshi's Crafted World and Yoshi's Woolly World leaned fully into their papercraft and yarn conceits, respectively. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026

Canet has to do some gymnastics to sell several of his conceits, and a few reveals land with the thud of too-easy convenience. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026

There’s something about those ideas that are big, silly, cinematic, surreal conceits that drew me in. — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025

All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025