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vision

[vizh-uhn] / ˈvɪʒ ən /
NOUN
ability to perceive with eyes
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eyesight perception view
STRONG
eyes faculty optics seeing sight
WEAK
perceiving range of view
Antonyms
WEAK
blindness sightlessness
NOUN
mental image, concept
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aspect conception dream fantasy foresight idea ideal imagination insight outlook perspective point of view understanding view
STRONG
angle astuteness daydream discernment divination facet fancy farsightedness foreknowledge ideality intuition keenness muse nightmare penetration phantasm prescience retrospect slant standpoint trip
WEAK
breadth of view castles in the air head trip mental picture pie in the sky pipe dream
Antonyms
STRONGEST
being existence ignorance reality substance truth
WEAK
actuality fact sightlessness
NOUN
apparition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fantasy presence spirit
STRONG
apocalypse chimera delusion ecstasy ghost hallucination haunt illusion mirage nightmare oracle phantasm phantom phenomenon prophecy revelation specter spook trance warlock wraith
Antonyms
STRONGEST
reality
STRONG
certainty fact truth
WEAK
actuality blindness sightlessness
NOUN
very beautiful thing or person
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dream picture
STRONG
angel eyeful sight spectacle stunner
WEAK
dazzler feast for the eyes perfect picture sight for sore eyes
Antonyms
WEAK
actuality blindness fact reality sightlessness

Example Sentences

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US President Donald Trump asked Congress on Friday for $152 million to begin rebuilding the notorious Alcatraz prison, pressing ahead with his vision to return the former island lockup to active use.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Are we looking at a vision of growth or the partitioning of community?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Camus’s vision may have been a bleak and arid one, but it retains its awful potency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"We've all had that moment of wandering into a club and scanning the room with your peripheral vision and being like, 'Are they there? Are they there?'" she says.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Without warning, the sound had brought startling vision to his mind.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.