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fool's paradise
noun as in illusory state of happiness
adjective as in notional
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- abstract
- apocryphal
- apparitional
- assumed
- chimeric
- chimerical
- conceptual
- deceptive
- delusive
- dreamed-up
- dreamlike
- dreamy
- fabulous
- fancied
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fictional
- figmental
- hallucinatory
- hypothetical
- ideal
- illusive
- illusory
- imaginative
- imagined
- legendary
- made-up
- mythological
- nonexistent
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
- quixotic
- shadowy
- spectral
- supposed
- supposititious
- theoretical
- trumped-up
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- visionary
- whimsical
adjective as in imaginary
noun as in pipe dream
noun as in reverie
noun as in castle in the air
noun as in fool's paradise
noun as in chimera
noun as in ignis fatuus
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- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- deja vu
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o'-the-wisp
noun as in daydream
noun as in delusion
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noun as in fancy
noun as in fantasy
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noun as in hope
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noun as in illusion
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Example Sentences
At others, I yield to a fools paradise and delude myself with impossible solutions that deceive me but for an hour.
It saves us from building castles in the air or living in a fools paradise.
Let it be so; a fools paradise, but still for me a paradise.
She would have given you a brief fools paradise, said that devil.
His under-current of common sense told him that he had again entered a fools paradise.
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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fool's paradise, such as: castle in the air, chimera, delusive contentment, dreamscape, false hope, and fond illusion.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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