hallucination

The word “hallucination” has 5 syllables: hal-lu-ci-na-tion

It's pronounced as /həˌluː.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for hallucination?

In the thesaurus, “hallucination” has 76 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hallucination along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hallucination

  • Shangri-la
  • aberration
  • apparition
  • brainchild
  • castle in Spain
  • castle in the air
  • chimera
  • cloud-cuckoo-land
  • cloudland
  • conceit
  • concoction
  • daydream
  • daymare
  • delusion
  • distortion
  • dream
  • envisaging
  • error
  • fable
  • fabrication
  • factoid
  • fallacy
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • fantasy
  • fib
  • fiction
  • figment
  • figment of the imagination
  • half-truth
  • head trip
  • idea
  • ignis fatuus
  • illusion
  • imaging
  • inaccuracy
  • invention
  • lie
  • mirage
  • misapprehension
  • misbelief
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misinformation
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • misknowledge
  • misperception
  • misreport
  • misrepresentation
  • misstatement
  • misunderstanding
  • myth
  • nightmare
  • nonentity
  • phantasm
  • phantasmagoria
  • phantasy
  • phantom
  • pipe dream
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • sophism
  • sophistry
  • story
  • superstition
  • tale
  • trip
  • unreality
  • untruth
  • utopia
  • vision
  • visualization
  • wraith

Antonyms for hallucination

Meanings of hallucination

  • noun
    1. A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
    2. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

Example Sentences

  • Hallucination is a common symptom of certain psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
  • She experienced a frightening hallucination of shadows creeping along the walls.
  • She couldn't distinguish reality from hallucination after days of sleeplessness.
  • The artist's work often blurs the line between reality and hallucination.
  • The psychologist explained the difference between true perception and hallucination to the patient.

On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hallucination, such as: Shangri-la, aberration, actuality, apparition, brainchild, castle in Spain, castle in the air.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

aberration

absentmindedness

abstraction

  • absorption
  • aloofness
  • apprehension
  • assumption
  • belief
  • brain wave
  • brainchild
  • brainstorm
  • brooding
  • caprice
  • chimera
  • cogitation
  • cognition
  • conceit
  • concept
  • conception
  • conclusion
  • conjecture
  • consideration
  • contemplation
  • conviction
  • daydreaming
  • delusion
  • detachment
  • engrossment
  • entrancement
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • freak
  • guess
  • hallucination
  • hunch
  • hypothesis
  • idea
  • illusion
  • image
  • impression
  • inspiration
  • intellection
  • kink
  • musing
  • notion
  • observation
  • pensiveness
  • perception
  • phantasm
  • picture
  • pondering
  • preconception
  • prejudice
  • premonition
  • preoccupation
  • prepossession
  • presentiment
  • reflecting
  • reflection
  • remoteness
  • reverie
  • ruminating
  • speculation
  • supposition
  • surmise
  • theory
  • thinking
  • thought
  • trance
  • vagary
  • whim

abstractions

  • apprehensions
  • assumptions
  • beliefs
  • brain waves
  • brainchildren
  • brainstorms
  • caprices
  • chimeras
  • cogitations
  • cognitions
  • conceits
  • conceptions
  • concepts
  • conclusions
  • conjectures
  • convictions
  • delusions
  • fancies
  • fantasms
  • freaks
  • guesses
  • hallucinations
  • hunches
  • hypotheses
  • ideas
  • illusions
  • images
  • impressions
  • inspirations
  • intellections
  • kinks
  • notions
  • observations
  • perceptions
  • phantasms
  • pictures
  • preconceptions
  • prejudices
  • premonitions
  • prepossessions
  • presentiments
  • reflections
  • speculations
  • suppositions
  • surmises
  • theories
  • thoughts
  • vagaries
  • whims

daydream


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