Synonyms of hallucinations

hallucinations

noun

plural of hallucination

1

as in visions

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

were the voices real, or merely a hallucination?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in delusions

a false idea or belief

the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• verities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hallucinations

Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments. — Deborah Day, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Lawyers complain about hallucinations, mistakes, and the technology’s other shortcomings. — Logan Brown, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Nothing really new here; AIs are known to suffer from hallucinations from time to time. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Advanced signs include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, extreme thirst paired with panic at the sight of fluids, heavy saliva and aggressive thrashing or biting. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Most of these conversations included an admission that the bot’s claims needed to be checked for hallucinations, that prompts had to be rewritten several times to be effective, and that the feedback tended to be positive and surface-level. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

This curious experimenter group is all about catching mistakes, working through early unexpected results—hello, hallucinations—and minimizing adoption pains. — Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

In a July communication to Indiana State Police, Chipman, the prosecutor, described a history that included alcohol abuse, hallucinations and delusional thinking. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Greg Derr / Pool via The Patriot Ledger Throughout the trial, Reddington argued that Clancy was in the throes of postpartum psychosis and acted on auditory hallucinations that compelled her to carry out the killings. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026