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mirage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mirage

something that comes from or exists only in the mind and is not real

He thought he saw water up ahead but it was just a mirage.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of mirage

optical illusion

chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp

brainchild, idea

concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention

envisaging, imaging, visualization

cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia

daymare, nightmare

contrivance, creativity, ideation, imaginativeness, inventiveness, mind's eye, originality

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of mirage

actuality, fact, reality

Synonym Discussion of mirage

delusion, illusion, hallucination, mirage mean something that is believed to be true or real but that is actually false or unreal. delusion implies an inability to distinguish between what is real and what only seems to be real, often as the result of a disordered state of mind.

- delusions of persecution

illusion implies a false ascribing of reality based on what one sees or imagines.

- an illusion of safety

hallucination implies impressions that are the product of disordered senses, as because of mental illness or drugs.

- suffered from terrifying hallucinations

mirage in its extended sense applies to an illusory vision, dream, hope, or aim.

- claimed a balanced budget is a mirage

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