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
• idea
• delusion
• hallucination
• unreality
• nightmare
• chimera
• pipe dream
• imaging
• mirage
• phantasm
• castle in the air
• figment
• castle in Spain
• conceit
• nonentity
• fiction
• fancy
• visualization
• utopia
• concoction
• ignis fatuus
• brainchild
• fabrication
• will-o'-the-wisp
• cloudland
• invention
• fable
• 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
• haunt
• phantasm
• shadow
• specter
• wraith
• familiar spirit
• vampire
• sprite
• demon
• angel
• poltergeist
• spook
• visitant
• bogey
• zombie
• shade
• hant
• familiar
• double
• genie
• ghoul
• genius
• doppelgänger
• daimon
• fetch
• manes
• incubus
• jinni
• succubus
• devil
• shaitan
• imp
• lemures
• lamia
• 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
• retrospect
• improvidence
• reappraisal
• retrospection
• hindsight

vision

2 of 2

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vision

Noun

When Hayes first took over as coach of the national team shortly before the 2024 Olympics, there was little time to fully realize her vision. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Though privacy concerns around these agents’ access may be terrifying in their own right, for now the utopian vision seems to be winning. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Verb

At 80, Larry Ginter, a longtime organizer who participated in November’s visioning session, isn’t old enough to remember the original New Deal. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2020

Nobody was more tunnel-visioned than Helton, who did not look up at the visitors. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019