Synonyms of figments

figments

noun

plural of figment

1

as in illusions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in fictions

something that is the product of the imagination

thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fictions
• fantasies
• tales
• fabrications
• stories
• inventions
• fables
• novels
• anecdotes
• narratives
• lies
• yarns
• misrepresentations
• fairy tales
• falsehoods
• falsities
• fibs
• make-believe
• prevarications
• mendacities
• untruths
• whoppers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• materialities
• actualities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of figments

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

That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026

Boone is relentlessly hounded by figments of his guilty memory, by other ghosts, and by his daughter—all of whom emphasize his nefarious role in delaying action to combat climate change. — Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026

On the live stream, Nacua questioned whether head injuries are real or just figments of the imagination. — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Are the protagonist’s past lives real, or just figments of his psychosis? — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025