figment

noun

ˈfig-mənt How to pronounce figment (audio)
Definition of figmentnext
1
as in illusion
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination

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2
as in fiction
something that is the product of the imagination thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers

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Recent Examples of figment Your dry scratchy eyes also aren’t a figment of your imagination. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026 Pína and Hawk mysteriously slip out while Joe and Angela are in the kitchen, suggesting that the adventurous lovemakers may have just been figments of their imagination. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 July 2026 The irony was Morocco played more like the Netherlands lingering in our imagination, now an Oranje figment no longer grounded in reality. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2026 That wasn’t a figment of the imagination. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for figment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figment
  1. illusion
  2. fiction
  3. dream
  4. fantasy
  5. daydream
  6. fabrication
  7. vision
  8. tale
Noun
  • The war has exacted a toll on their economies and shattered illusions about their security.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And that created this brand, maybe an illusion for him, of radical transparency.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of illusion
Noun
  • Doherty blends biography and fiction, myth and rock-and-roll in her dances.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
  • She’s gotten used to trying, and trying again; while applying for fiction writing classes in college, Adeyemi says, she was rejected five semesters in a row.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of fiction
Noun
  • Friends, relatives, and loyal customers kept their dream alive as the business grew.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • She's worked for the air ambulance service for seven years and still calls it a dream job.
    — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • The series pairs its lavish costumes and sets with visual effects to build its fantasy world, including Queen, a mysterious bird with whom Navier forms a bond.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Cowboys are getting diced by QB2s, quarterbacks who played in college at Kansas, and gashed by running backs that don’t even get picked in fantasy leagues that last 20 rounds.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of fantasy
Noun
  • This helps warm up the imagination; daydreams, nightmares are easy ways in.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of daydream
Noun
  • This melding of ultra-modern fabrication and centuries-old craft compounds West’s broader vision for costuming Dune, creating futuristic objects that appear to have lived entire histories.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This architecture can simplify fabrication and increase volumetric energy density, particularly in thin-film batteries.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of fabrication
Noun
  • The system builds on an earlier robot memory framework called DAAAM, which uses a vision-language model (VLM) to generate detailed descriptions of objects captured by a robot’s onboard cameras.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Now, with America having vociferously rejected Musk’s vision of governance, those wishing to drive something that reminds everyone around them of that vision will only have a few months more to purchase one.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of vision
Noun
  • Amused, the actor offered a gentle lesson in mixing the perfect vodka and orange juice—just one of countless tales this legendary hotel has collected over nearly a century.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • From this banal beginning, Gray launches a tale of fear and violence, criminal conspiracies and paranoia.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tale

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“Figment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figment. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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