Definition for Illusion:

• Deceptive appearance; false show; error.

Synonyms for Illusion:

• n.

  •
  • concept,
  • image,
  • belief,
  • idea,
  • philosophy,
  • principle,
  • faith,
  • commitment,
  • ideal,
  • thought,
  • make believe,
  • theory.
  •
  • a figment of your imagination,
  • false impression,
  • confusion,
  • misunderstanding.
  •
  • real.
  •apparition (noun)
  • bump night,
  • bump the night,
  • bump in night.
  •appearance (noun)
  • seemings,
  • seeming.
  •chimera (noun)
  • fool paradise,
  • fools paradise,
  • fata morganas.
  •cognition (noun)
  • semblance,
  • illusion.
  •conjuration (noun)
  • conjuration.
  •conjuring trick (noun)
  • conjuring trick.
  •deception (noun)
  • feint,
  • cover up,
  • chicane,
  • imposition,
  • chicanes,
  • coverup,
  • hogwash,
  • fast one,
  • jive,
  • mare's-nest,
  • fast shuffle,
  • jives.
  •delusion (noun)
  • over sight,
  • eidolons,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • mis apprehension,
  • over-sights,
  • eidola,
  • over-sight,
  • self-deceptions,
  • self deceptions,
  • selfdeception,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • selfdeceptions,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • over sights,
  • self deception.
  •disguise (noun)
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis guises,
  • pre tense,
  • fig leaves,
  • fakings,
  • dis-guise,
  • co lorings,
  • dis simulation,
  • makebelieve,
  • dis guise,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis-simulations,
  • get ups,
  • get-ups,
  • co-lorings,
  • pre tensions,
  • dis-guises,
  • puton,
  • co-loring,
  • co loring,
  • pre-tense,
  • dis simulations,
  • pre tenses,
  • dissimulations.
  •false appearance; false belief (noun)
  • mockery,
  • fool's paradise,
  • trip,
  • ghost,
  • Misbelief,
  • Phantasm,
  • error,
  • apparition,
  • virtual reality,
  • fallacy,
  • invention,
  • head trip,
  • ignus fatuus,
  • misapprehension,
  • Idolism,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • make-believe,
  • misimpression,
  • paramnesia.
  •fancy (noun)
  • envisionings,
  • romancings,
  • pie sky,
  • pie in sky,
  • pie the sky,
  • eyes fors,
  • envisagements,
  • big eye.
  •fantasy (noun)
  • conceivings,
  • objectifyings,
  • flight imagination,
  • fancyings,
  • mind trips,
  • externalizings,
  • atlantises,
  • air castles.
  •figment (noun)
  • castle in air,
  • castle the air,
  • castle air.
  •ghost (noun)
  • daemon,
  • frankenstein,
  • horror,
  • ogre,
  • bugaboo,
  • terror,
  • incubus,
  • monster,
  • specter,
  • vampire,
  • dracula,
  • werewolf,
  • bugbear,
  • hobgoblin,
  • bogey man,
  • shadow,
  • ghoul.
  •hallucination (noun)
  • figment the imagination,
  • figment imagination.
  •head game (noun)
  • head game.
  •illusion (noun)
  • magic trick,
  • phantasy,
  • legerdemain.
  •imagination (noun)
  • unreality,
  • wittiness,
  • visualizations,
  • visualization,
  • creative thought,
  • insights,
  • in sight,
  • ideality,
  • mental agility,
  • unrealities,
  • imaginativeness,
  • Idealities,
  • perceptibility,
  • resourcefulness.
  •preconception (noun)
  • prejudgment,
  • prejudgments,
  • preconceived idea.
  •prestidigitation (noun)
  • conjurations.
  •psychopathy (noun)
  • psychopathy.
  •show (noun)
  • dis-play,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play,
  • grandstand plays,
  • dis plays.
  •thaumaturgy (noun)
  • witchings.
  •trick (noun)
  • doubledealing.
  •vision (noun)
  • Visions,
  • warlock.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pipe dream,
  • simulation,
  • castle in the air,
  • simulacrum,
  • cardboard cut-out,
  • Ignis Fatuus.
  •
  • daydream,
  • rainbow,
  • fiction,
  • fraud.
  •
  • sham,
  • reverie.
  •
  • bubble.
  •uselessness
  • futility.

Paraphrases for Illusion:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trick, enthusiasm.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    delusion.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    delusion, Self-delusion, illusory, misconception, impression, self-deception, deception, chimera, perception, fallacy, decoy, imagination, dream, vision, excitement, notion, semblance, fiction, mistake, deceit.

Antonyms for Illusion:

• n.

  • false appearance; false belief
    correction, truth, reality, fact, right, event, certainty, being.
  • Other antonyms:
    verity.

Illusion Sentence Examples:

• But the illusion of home was very faint.

• Scarce was this illusion gone when one of the men cried out " Land right a head - high land!"

Hypernym for Illusion:

• n.

  • cognition
    phantom, Phantasma, Fantasm, shadow, Phantasm, phantom limb, irradiation, apparition.

Hyponym for Illusion:

• n.

  • cognition
    appearance.