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Synonyms for illusion
noun false appearance; false belief- confusion
- deception
- delusion
- fantasy
- hallucination
- image
- misconception
- myth
- pipe dream
- semblance
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- daydream
- error
- fallacy
- fancy
- ghost
- hocus-pocus
- invention
- make-believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mockery
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- rainbow
- trip
- déjà vu
- false impression
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- head trip
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- misbelief
- misimpression
- optical illusion
- seeming
- virtual reality
Antonyms for illusion
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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More words related to illusion
apparition
noun. ghost
apparitions
noun. ghost
appearance
noun. outward show; pretense
appearances
noun. outward show; pretense
chimera
noun. dream, fantasy
deception
noun. trick
- artifice
- bilk
- bluff
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- con
- con game
- confidence game
- cover-up
- crock
- decoy
- device
- dodge
- fallacy
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fib
- fraud
- gimmick
- hoax
- hogwash
- hustle
- illusion
- imposture
- jive
- lie
- malarkey
- mare's-nest
- pretext
- ride
- ruse
- scam
- sham
- shift
- shuck
- snare
- snow job
- stall
- sting
- story
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- swindle
- trap
- trick
- whitewash
- wile
- wrinkle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.