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deceptive
Deceiving or intended to deceive
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  1. Deceiving or intended to deceive
  2. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
  3. Deceiving or tending to deceive:
unreal
(Slang) So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.
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  1. (Slang) So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.
  2. (Slang) larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
  3. Not real, actual, or genuine; imaginary, fanciful, insubstantial, false, etc.
illusive
Illusory.
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  1. Illusory.
  2. Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
  3. Illusory; unreal
fancied
Imaginary; imagined
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  1. Imaginary; imagined
chimeric
Imaginary, fanciful.
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  1. Imaginary, fanciful.
  2. Relating to a monoclonal antibody produced from the cells of an organism, usually a mouse, in which the constant region has been replaced with a human sequence of amino acids. This is done in the laboratory by replacing part of the DNA sequence in the nonhuman cells of an organism with a sequence of human DNA.
  3. Chimerical
chimerical
Absurd; impossible
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  1. Absurd; impossible
  2. Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
  3. Indulging in unrealistic fancies; visionary
delusive
Producing delusions.
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  1. Producing delusions.
  2. Tending to delude; misleading
  3. Having the nature of a delusion; false:
delusory
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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  1. Tending to deceive; delusive.
dreamlike
Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
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  1. Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
hallucinatory
Inducing hallucination.
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  1. Inducing hallucination.
  2. Producing hallucination
  3. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
illusive
Illusory.
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  1. Illusory.
  2. Illusory; unreal
  3. Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
phantasmagoric
Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
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  1. Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
  2. Characterized by or pertaining to a dream-like blurring of real and imaginary elements.
phantasmal
Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
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  1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
  2. Eerie or frightening.
  3. Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
visionary
Tending to envision things in perfect but unrealistic form; idealistic.
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  1. Tending to envision things in perfect but unrealistic form; idealistic.
  2. Of, having the nature of, or seen in a vision
  3. Having the nature of fantasies or dreams; illusory.
deceptive
Deceiving or intended to deceive
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  1. Deceiving or intended to deceive
  2. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
  3. Deceiving or tending to deceive:
delusive
Of or like a delusion; unreal
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  1. Of or like a delusion; unreal
  2. Having the nature of a delusion; false:
  3. Tending to delude; misleading
delusory
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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  1. Tending to deceive; delusive.
fallacious
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
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  1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
  2. Tending to mislead; deceptive:
  3. Misleading or deceptive
illusive
Illusory.
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  1. Illusory.
  2. Illusory; unreal
  3. Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
misleading
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.
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  1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.
  2. Tending to mislead; deceptive.
delusive
Producing delusions.
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  1. Producing delusions.
  2. Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
  3. Having the nature of a delusion; false:
delusory
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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  1. Tending to deceive; delusive.
illusive
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
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  1. Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
  2. Illusory.
  3. Illusory; unreal
Find another word for illusory. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for illusory, like: deceptive, unreal, illusive, fancied, false, imaginary, unreal, chimeric, chimerical, delusive and delusory.

Sentence Examples

  • They borrowed his money and his armies, but fed him with vain promises and illusory treaties.

  • Thus the illusory nature of the traditional definition of mathematics is again illustrated.

  • The conditions of peace were naturally humiliating for Valdemar,' though, ultimately, he contrived to render illusory many of the inordinate privileges he was obliged to concede.

  • For a long time this hope proved illusory, and in the case of Egyptian archaeology the results have proved disappointing even up to the very present.

  • He had long passed the traditional years of Peter's pontificate, had reigned longer than any previous wearer of the tiara, and had seen some brilliant days - days of illusory glory.

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