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

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

Because only in intense, rarefied states will our illusions finally drop away, like redundant scaffolding, freeing us to perceive life on a more visceral level. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026

Ukraine, though harboring no illusions about matching Russia’s long-range weaponry or the size of its fighting forces, has been ramping up domestic production of more advanced, longer-range drones and missiles. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2026

Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026

Common illusions at sea include ships appearing as spinning in circles or sailing on land, posing dangers to commercial maritime vessels trying to navigate. — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026