Synonyms of vision

vision 1 of 2

noun

ˈvi-zhən 

1

as in dream

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

a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dream
• illusion
• daydream
• fantasy
• delusion
• idea
• imaging
• phantasy
• fantasm
• hallucination
• unreality
• nightmare
• chimera
• pipe dream
• mirage
• phantasm
• castle in the air
• figment
• castle in Spain
• conceit
• fiction
• visualization
• nonentity
• fancy
• utopia
• concoction
• fabrication
• ignis fatuus
• brainchild
• fable
• will-o'-the-wisp
• cloudland
• invention
• envisaging
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• Shangri-la
• daymare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

2

as in eyesight

the ability to see

the bright light temporarily robbed me of vision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eyesight
• eye
• sight
• myopia
• nearsightedness
• farsightedness
• astigmatism
• strabismus
• diplopia
• presbyopia
• hyperopia
• squint
• hypermetropia
• double vision
• aniseikonia

3

as in apparition

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

believed he'd seen a vision of his mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apparition
• spirit
• ghost
• phantom
• materialization
• spectre
• phantasm
• haunt
• specter
• shadow
• bogy
• wraith
• bogie
• vampire
• sprite
• familiar spirit
• demon
• fantasm
• angel
• zombie
• poltergeist
• visitant
• spook
• bogey
• shade
• hant
• familiar
• doppelganger
• zombi
• double
• genie
• ghoul
• genius
• daimon
• doppelgänger
• fetch
• djinn
• jinn
• jinni
• manes
• djinni
• incubus
• daemon
• succubus
• devil
• imp
• shaitan
• lamia
• lemures
• cacodemon
• fiend

4

as in providence

concern or preparation for the future

a company president with the long-range vision that his firm needs to survive in the global economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providence
• foresight
• farsightedness
• forethought
• prescience
• foresightedness
• insight
• prudence
• wisdom
• perception
• precaution
• discernment
• sagacity
• premeditation
• perceptiveness
• discretion
• sagaciousness
• sapience
• sageness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• myopia
• shortsightedness
• improvidence
• hindsight

vision

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verb

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of

visioned her idea of the perfect meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagine
• envision
• dream
• see
• picture
• fantasy
• visualize
• conceive
• image
• feature
• envisage
• fancy
• fantasize
• conceit
• plan
• conjure (up)
• contemplate
• daydream
• ideate
• reflect
• hallucinate
• project
• muse
• relive
• foresee
• ponder
• meditate
• invent
• manufacture
• reminisce
• make up
• stargaze
• ruminate
• re-create
• concoct
• prefigure
• fabricate

Examples of vision in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Some insurers are also cutting back on their allowances for dental, hearing and vision benefits. —Tami Luhby, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024

Judges look for works that exemplify the Awards' core values: originality, skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. —Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024

Verb

But Korff won’t hold off for the city’s visioning effort to be completed. —John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019

Landscape architect Christine Wilson of Copley Wolff Design Group created a conceptual design for the pocket park using community input, including through a site visit and a visioning workshop with nearby residents in the fall of 2018. —John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019