Another word for illusion
illusion
n.
Unreal appearance
fancy, hallucination, mirage, apparition, ghost, chimera, delusion, deception, fantasy, figment of the imagination, dream, vision, phantasm, image, trick of vision, optical illusion, myth, make-believe, déjà vu (French), paramnesia, castle in Spain, will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus (Latin); see also dream 1, fantasy 2, vision 3, 4.
Misconception
delusion, confusion, false impression; see mistake 2, misunderstanding 1.
illusion suggests the false perception or interpretation of something that has objective existence perspective in drawing gives the illusion of depth; delusion implies belief in something that is contrary to fact or reality, resulting from deception, a misconception, or a mental disorder to have delusions of grandeur; hallucination implies the apparent perception, in nervous or mental disorder, of something external that is actually not present; mirage refers to an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, and, in figurative use, implies an unrealizable hope or aspiration
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Another word for illusion
An erroneous perception of reality:
delusion, hallucination, ignis fatuus, mirage, phantasm, phantasma, will-o'-the-wisp. See realAn illusory mental image:
daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, phantasm, phantasma, reverie, vision. See realA fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:
bubble, castle in the air, chimera, dream, fantasy, pipe dream, rainbow. See real
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