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Pronunciation:
[ mˈɪɹɑːʒ], [ mˈɪɹɑːʒ], [ m_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɑː_ʒ]
Mirage is a phenomenon that has mystified many individuals. As an optical illusion, it appears to be something that is present but is in reality, nothing more than a trick played by the atmosphere. It is understandable that there are many synonyms for this word- hallucination, illusion, figment of imagination, fantasy, vision, and delusion. Sometimes, they are used interchangeably to amplify the impact of the concept. These words carry similar meanings and are apt in evoking the feeling of something being present but not entirely real. In general, when describing a mirage, the word choice depends on the context and the intention of the writer or speaker.
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Similar words for mirage:
- appearance (noun)
- chimera (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- delusion (noun)
- fancy (noun)
- fantasy (noun)
- hallucination (noun)
- ignis fatuus (noun)
- illusion (noun)
- optical illusion (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- unsubstantiality (noun)
- vision (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Mirage:
n.
• appearance (noun) • chimera (noun) • cognition (noun) • decoy (noun) • delusion (noun)- mis takes,
- eidolons,
- selfdeceptions,
- eidola,
- mis apprehension,
- mis apprehensions,
- self deception,
- over sight,
- mis-apprehensions,
- mis-apprehension,
- over sights,
- self deceptions,
- selfdeception,
- self-deceptions,
- deceptivenesses,
- over-sights,
- mis-takes,
- over-sight,
- mis take,
- mis-take.
- mind trips,
- objectifyings,
- flight imagination,
- fancyings,
- externalizings,
- atlantises,
- conceivings,
- air castles.
- Ignis Fatuus,
- chimera,
- errors,
- delusion,
- deceptiveness,
- misimpression,
- monstrosity,
- fantasia,
- imaginings,
- Eidolon,
- illusion,
- phantom,
- mind trip,
- figment,
- hallucination,
- flight of imagination,
- optical illusion,
- bogy,
- trick of light,
- trick of eyesight,
- Romancing,
- Misbelief,
- big eyes,
- ignus fatuus,
- Envisagement,
- Hocuspocus,
- phantasmagoria,
- paramnesia,
- eyes for,
- air castle,
- Phantasmagory,
- trick of the eyesight,
- visual fallacy,
- appearance,
- fantasy,
- vision,
- self-deception,
- partiality,
- Idolism,
- fairyland,
- figment of imagination,
- Illusions,
- fata morgana,
- fairylands,
- wraith,
- fancy,
- Phantasm,
- Bogies,
- misconception.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- dust bowl,
- salt flats,
- death valley,
- Birdsville Track,
- simulation,
- simulacrum,
- falsehood,
- moonscape,
- cardboard cut-out,
- oasis,
- falsity,
- bottomland,
- badlands.
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- sand,
- wilderness.
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- sham.
- dissimulation,
- victimization,
- figure,
- dupery,
- befooling,
- falseness,
- wishful thinking,
- circumvention,
- beguile,
- distortion,
- want,
- comedown,
- fond illusion,
- failure,
- Swindling,
- calculated deception,
- imagination,
- millennium,
- flimflammery,
- fond hope,
- crave,
- defeat,
- associate,
- delude,
- golden dream,
- reverie,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- mislead,
- fiasco,
- Conning,
- overreaching,
- bamboozle,
- speculation,
- Deceiving,
- betray,
- false light,
- disappoint,
- blighted hope,
- flyaway,
- Kidding,
- Phasm,
- ensnarement,
- deceit,
- airy hopes,
- foiling,
- whim,
- virtual image,
- enmeshment,
- outwitting,
- illusory,
- make-believe,
- circumvent,
- balk,
- entrapment,
- fallaciousness,
- vain attempt,
- fool's paradise,
- covet,
- vapour,
- deceive,
- trickiness,
- song and dance,
- shade,
- fallacy,
- form,
- disappointment,
- Bluffing,
- revenant,
- fizzle,
- subterfuge,
- image,
- snow job,
- Looming,
- spoofing,
- Tantalization,
- conceit,
- setback,
- discomfiture,
- error,
- cheat,
- materialization,
- dash,
- blasted expectation,
- forlorn hope,
- ghost,
- betrayed hope,
- tease,
- Tricking,
- entanglement,
- defraud,
- begrudge,
- Fooling,
- blow,
- pipedream,
- frustration,
- flimflam,
- scatterbrained,
- Defrauding,
- false image,
- phenomenon,
- flighty,
- nightmare,
- aspire,
- hoodwinking,
- buffet,
- presence,
- delusiveness,
- impression,
- shape,
- delirium,
- dashed hope,
- chimaera,
- letdown,
- bafflement,
- bamboozlement,
- aberration.
How to use "Mirage" in context?
A mirage is an optical illusion caused by an uneven distribution of heat in a atmospheric environment. This uneven heating of the air creates an image that is not really there. The image can be faint or crisp, depending on how much heat is present.
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Noun, singular or mass
fantasy.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Mirage:
- marque, marquis, merge, marasca, margosa, marcuse, morris, marche, marrakech, maroc, moraceae, manners, march 19, mercy, mark, marrow squash, moorage, myrica, marruecos, marches, monarchic, march 2, marquise, marshy, morceau, monarch, memorise, myrrhis, memory cache, Mauriac, mars, mariachi, morus, march 17, moorish, morse, marrakesh, menorrhagia, morgue, marquess, moresque, mergus, marx, Mrs., memorize, myrcia, morocco, merckx, menarche, maharajah, marsh, murk, marsh hawk, morass, minor axis, mores, maracay, moraceous, monarchy, mirish, maraco, murky, memory access, maharaja, markka, march, morose, marc, marriage, marceau, mrs, marge, marsh gas, minor key, mors, maraca, margay, marks, minors, maurois, manor house, marquee, man-on-a-horse, myricaceae, moorcock, march 25, mirky, mayoress, morrigu.
Hyponym for Mirage:
n.
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cognition
misconception.
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phenomenon
optical illusion.
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cognition
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