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

Intentionality, agency to choose and visions of alternative futures could go a long way toward goal achievement. — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

Lourdes became a major pilgrimage destination after the Catholic Church officially recognized Bernadette's visions as Apparitions in 1862. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

The drawings render shamanic visions, fragments of the cosmos, and other entities as images. — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

And Italian identity is still — fortunately — synonymous with hospitality, dialogue and exchange, which are the conditions for cultivating intuitions, visions and innovations. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

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