Synonyms of delusions

delusions

noun

plural of delusion

1

as in illusions

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

her idea that her new man is a long lost prince is surely just a delusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in myths

a false idea or belief

he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illusions
• myths
• errors
• superstitions
• hallucinations
• misconceptions
• fallacies
• misunderstandings
• falsehoods
• untruths
• falsities
• misbeliefs
• pretenses
• distortions
• tales
• fictions
• lies
• old wives' tales
• misperceptions
• factoids
• misinterpretations
• inaccuracies
• misapprehensions
• misjudgments
• misinformation
• misrepresentations
• misstatements
• sophistries
• stories
• sophisms
• half-truths
• fibs
• miscomprehensions
• misreports
• misknowledges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• verities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of delusions

The 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after walking into traffic, with her family arguing that the OpenAI chatbot had fueled her religious delusions during their extensive interactions, pushing her over the edge by romanticizing death. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026

Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, extreme depression, insomnia, paranoia and rapid mood swings. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 July 2026

On their debut album, the Detroit musician skewers social-climbing scene darlings and tackles personal existential delusions over a frenetic blend of post-punk and electro-pop. — Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Petty played Lolly Whitehill, a kind but mentally unstable inmate whose paranoid delusions repeatedly landed her in psychiatric care. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026

In one case, the Jupiter family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Google, saying the company’s chatbot, Gemini, contributed to their son’s death by fueling severe delusions and eventually coaching him through taking his own life. — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026

His fears were rooted in delusions that also touched on the nation’s fentanyl crisis and the war in Ukraine, according to court testimony. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

We are encouraged to indulge our delusions about replacement theory and white male superiority and to surrender to our instincts toward incivility and division. — Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026