Synonyms of optical illusion

optical illusion

noun

as in illusion

an image that tricks a person's vision

Some may dismiss what we witnessed that night as an optical illusion, but we firmly believe it was a UFO.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illusion
• pipe dream
• fantasm
• apparition
• chimera
• phantasy
• ignis fatuus
• mirage
• idea
• unreality
• daydream
• fiction
• delusion
• dream
• imaging
• hallucination
• figment
• fantasy
• vision
• phantasm
• fabrication
• conceit
• will-o'-the-wisp
• brainchild
• concoction
• nonentity
• visualization
• fancy
• invention
• appearance
• cloudland
• envisaging
• utopia
• nightmare
• fable
• creativity
• mind's eye
• inventiveness
• Shangri-la
• ideation
• originality
• imaginativeness
• contrivance
• daymare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality