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

OpenAI, xAI and Microsoft unveil competing visions for increasingly automated, yet supposedly supervised, AI development. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Episode 4 begins with Stuart confined to a mental health facility, where he’s heavily medicated and quietly judged by a psychiatrist who believes his visions of alternate universes are all in his head. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Voices of Caution Amid ‘Sensationalist’ Headlines Videos that have shown up on social media, showing books being cut apart, have given rise to visions in some quarters (including in this reporter) of a post-book future. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Elon Musk has visions of Mars Starship is the massive rocket that SpaceX, the commercial company founded by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, has been testing since April 2023. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

What the animation brings to life is the fluid movement of water in Julián fantastical visions. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Each will receive a $5,000 honorarium and a seat at the table with public and private partners to explore how to bring their visions to life. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Hong Kong — Last weekend, as the world worried about the possibility of unconstrained artificial intelligence wiping out humanity, the leaders of the United States and China articulated their visions for the era-defining technology. — John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, at a college job fair, Angie and Ormewood encounter a grad student claiming to have psychic visions. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026