Synonyms of visions

visions 1 of 2

noun

plural of vision

1

as in dreams

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

• dreams
• fantasies
• illusions
• daydreams
• ideas
• delusions
• hallucinations
• nightmares
• unrealities
• phantasms
• chimeras
• mirages
• pipe dreams
• conceits
• figments
• castles in the air
• fancies
• castles in Spain
• nonentities
• fictions
• concoctions
• inventions
• utopias
• visualizations
• fabrications
• brainchildren
• will-o'-the-wisps
• fables
• ignes fatui
• cloudlands
• cloud-cuckoo-lands
• daymares
• Shangri-las

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facts
• realities
• actualities

2

as in apparitions

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

• apparitions
• spirits
• ghosts
• shadows
• phantoms
• materializations
• specters
• phantasms
• haunts
• wraiths
• demons
• shades
• vampires
• poltergeists
• angels
• familiar spirits
• spooks
• sprites
• zombies
• visitants
• bogeys
• hants
• genies
• daimones
• ghouls
• jinn
• familiars
• doubles
• manes
• doppelgängers
• fetches
• incubi
• geniuses
• devils
• succubi
• imps
• shaitans
• lemures
• lamiae
• fiends
• cacodemons

visions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of vision

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of

visioned her idea of the perfect meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagines
• dreams
• envisions
• sees
• pictures
• fantasies
• images
• features
• fancies
• conceives
• visualizes
• fantasizes
• envisages
• plans
• conceits
• conjures (up)
• daydreams
• contemplates
• ideates
• hallucinates
• reflects
• muses
• projects
• reminisces
• relives
• foresees
• ponders
• ruminates
• manufactures
• stargazes
• invents
• meditates
• concocts
• prefigures
• makes up
• fabricates
• re-creates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of visions

Noun

Although the exhibit features 27 separate visions and artworks, there’s a sense of cohesion among the installations, murals and sculptures. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

This could be a change of scenery or perhaps a new mindset that inspires new visions and opportunities for the future. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

The dreamy visions illustrator Maxfield Parrish created in the early 20th century will be shown, as will a selection of the Museum’s holdings of works by premier American illustrator Norman Rockwell. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Many of the visions emerging out of Silicon Valley have been lifted wholesale from science fiction, but without the critical awareness that characterizes the genre — and without genuine openness to the unfamiliar. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

Her final film Sleepwalker, a psychological thriller about a mother who has fightening visions after losing her daughter in a car accident, was released in January. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Education is expected to be a central issue in those races, with candidates offering competing visions for improving student outcomes and strengthening public schools. — Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

The second is a dark ride into the catacombs of the Evil Queen’s palace, where the Magic Mirror will conjure visions of many a Disney villain. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

When a disgraced priest begins having supernatural visions of the missing women, agents Mulder and Scully come out of retirement to take on another case full of mysteries and unexplained events. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026