visions

nounability to perceive with eyes
nounmental image, concept
nounapparition
nounvery beautiful thing or person

Synonyms for visions

noun ability to perceive with eyes

Antonyms for visions

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-French visioun, Old French vision (12c.), from Latin visionem (nominative visio) "act of seeing, sight, thing seen," from past participle stem of videre "to see," from PIE root *weid- "to know, to see" (cf. Sanskrit veda "I know;" Avestan vaeda "I know;" Greek oida, Doric woida "I know," idein "to see;" Old Irish fis "vision," find "white," i.e. "clearly seen," fiuss "knowledge;" Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos, Breton gwenn "white;" Gothic, Old Swedish, Old English witan "to know;" Gothic weitan "to see;" English wise, German wissen "to know;" Lithuanian vysti "to see;" Bulgarian vidya "I see;" Polish widzieć "to see," wiedzieć "to know;" Russian videt' "to see," vest' "news," Old Russian vedat' "to know"). The meaning "sense of sight" is first recorded late 15c. Meaning "statesman-like foresight, political sagacity" is attested from 1926.

Example Sentences for visions

The people demanded of Antiphon the meaning of these visions.

He seldom speaks; but when he does, you are ever in his visions.

The visions may be different, and yet each vision may be true.

In the belief of the Indians this plant opens the door to visions.

After a time, too, the visions vanish, and will not appear again at my bidding.

But the visions of Mrs Verloc lacked nobility and magnificence.

Mrs Verloc, who thought in images, was not troubled now by visions, because she did not think at all.

But, urged on by visions of gold, he kept bravely at his task.

Were not youth and age merely a fable; visions of men's fancy?

And welcomes the visions that day after day With baby's sweet presence will nestle and stay.