Will-o'-the-wisp synonyms
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ignis fatuus (Latin)
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
A romantic liking or interest:
The state, as of abstraction or reverie, in which such a daydream occurs
pipedream
Alternative form of pipe dream.
(Countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
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The faculty of sight; eyesight:
A false belief or opinion:
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
A deceptive likeness
real (related)
(Mathematics) A real number.
A hollow pumpkin cut to look like a face and usually illuminated inside as by a candle, used as a decoration at Halloween
ephemera
Printed matter (as theater programs, posters, guidebooks) meant to be of use for only a short time but preserved by collectors
Find another word for will-o'-the-wisp. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for will-o'-the-wisp, like: shadow, ignis fatuus (Latin), friar's lantern, fancy, dream, pipedream, illusion, vision, delusion, hallucination and ignis fatuus.