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

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

As Lines’ delusions calcified, so did ChatGPT’s affirmations. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 2 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