Definition for Chimera:

• A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

Synonyms for Chimera:

• n.

  •
  • agreement,
  • arrangements,
  • conspiracy,
  • preparation,
  • fabrication,
  • strategy,
  • plot,
  • tactic,
  • planning,
  • delusion,
  • plan,
  • blueprint.
  •
  • creature,
  • bubble,
  • real.
  •apparition (noun)
  • bump night,
  • bump in night,
  • bump the night.
  •chimaera (noun)
  • chimaera.
  •dream (noun)
  • castle the air,
  • pie the sky,
  • castle in air,
  • pie in sky,
  • pie sky,
  • castle air.
  •dream, fantasy (noun)
  • virtual reality,
  • mirage,
  • monster,
  • fata morgana,
  • snare,
  • bogy,
  • hallucination,
  • specter.
  •fancy (noun)
  • big eye,
  • envisionings,
  • eyes fors,
  • romancings,
  • envisagements.
  •fantasy (noun)
  • objectifyings,
  • externalizings,
  • fancyings,
  • atlantises,
  • flight imagination,
  • air castles,
  • conceivings,
  • mind trips.
  •fool's paradise (noun)
  • fond illusions,
  • delusive contentments,
  • fool-paradise,
  • dreamscapes,
  • fools-paradise,
  • fools paradise,
  • fool's-paradise,
  • fool paradise,
  • quixotic ideals.
  •freak (noun)
  • mis shapes,
  • mis creations,
  • mis-creations,
  • mis shape,
  • mis-shapes,
  • mis-shape,
  • mis-creation,
  • mis creation,
  • miscreations.
  •ghost (noun)
  • ghoul,
  • nightmare,
  • frankenstein,
  • succubus,
  • ogre,
  • bugaboo,
  • shadow,
  • horror,
  • daemon,
  • incubus,
  • vampire,
  • hobgoblin,
  • dracula,
  • apparition,
  • terror,
  • Phantasm,
  • ghost,
  • myth,
  • bogey man,
  • bugbear,
  • werewolf.
  •ignis fatuus (noun)
  • Will-o-the-wisp,
  • will-o'-the-wisp,
  • will-o'-the-wisps.
  •illusion (noun)
  • mis conception,
  • ignus fatuu,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • mis conceptions,
  • mis-impressions,
  • mis belief,
  • mis impression,
  • mis-beliefs,
  • mis-belief,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • idolisms,
  • mis beliefs,
  • mis-impression,
  • misimpressions,
  • figment imagination,
  • makebelieve,
  • mis-conception,
  • hocus pocus,
  • mis apprehension,
  • misbeliefs,
  • mis impressions,
  • mis-conceptions,
  • paramnesias,
  • mis-apprehensions.
  •imagination (noun)
  • resourcefulness,
  • unreality,
  • unrealities,
  • perceptibility,
  • visualization,
  • creative thought,
  • visualizations,
  • imaginativeness,
  • insights,
  • in sight,
  • wittiness,
  • mental agility,
  • Idealities,
  • ideality.
  •phantom (noun)
  • eidola,
  • eidolons.
  •pipe dream (noun)
  • unreal hope,
  • castle in the sky,
  • false hope,
  • airy hope,
  • fantastic notion,
  • golden dream,
  • airy hopes,
  • pipe-dream.
  •vision (noun)
  • warlock,
  • Visions.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gorgon,
  • nymph,
  • wyvern,
  • sasquatch,
  • the Loch Ness monster,
  • castle in the air,
  • mermaid,
  • bunyip,
  • yeti,
  • goblin,
  • unicorn,
  • the Easter bunny,
  • boogeyman,
  • nessie,
  • dragon,
  • the Abominable Snowman,
  • satyr,
  • gremlin,
  • centaur,
  • bigfoot,
  • pixie,
  • Genie,
  • dryad,
  • phoenix,
  • faun,
  • griffin.
  •
  • hydra,
  • bogeyman,
  • imp,
  • spaceman,
  • bogey,
  • rainbow,
  • sphinx,
  • sprite,
  • sylph,
  • fairy godmother,
  • harpy.
  •
  • dwarf,
  • troll.

Paraphrases for Chimera:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dream.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fantasy, figment, illusion.

Antonyms for Chimera:

• n.

  • dream, fantasy
    fact, certainty, truth, reality.
  • Other antonyms:
    actuality.

Chimera Sentence Examples:

• From his quiet gains in his legitimate business, from the little capital accumulated through industry and economy, he lavished thousands on this chimera of his fancy.

• No responsible Christian student teaches any such chimera as a life without temptation obtainable now.