Synonyms of illusions

illusions

noun

plural of illusion

1

as in dreams

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

the magician specializes in creating illusions, so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in delusions

a false idea or belief

he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truths
• verities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of illusions

The Hering and Wundt illusions are examples of how straight lines can appear curved if intersecting lines cross them at a certain angle. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

In each case, however, modern physics has shown these assumptions to be illusions. — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Designed by Australian magician and magic consultant Adam Mada, the illusions use a fade box where contestants can be seen disappearing and reappearing on the studio monitors in real time. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shattered Europe’s remaining illusions not just about Moscow but also about Beijing. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, 95 people—Millennial and Gen Z men and women, all of whom had a history of using Instagram for an average of eight years—underwent a virtual reality experience called body illusions. — Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026

But Zinn’s illusions in the war, challenged already by lefties in the ranks and by seeing his friends killed, were permanently put to rest due to the bombing of Royan. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

The rise of Black power influenced Chicano activism, and many Mexican Americans increasingly shed illusions that they could be seen as white, at least legally so, and rejected assimilationist impulses. — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Neither of them, however, had any illusions about his prospects. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026