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

factoid

  • delusion
  • distortion
  • error
  • fallacy
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • fib
  • fiction
  • half-truth
  • hallucination
  • illusion
  • inaccuracy
  • lie
  • misapprehension
  • misbelief
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misinformation
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • misknowledge
  • misperception
  • misreport
  • misrepresentation
  • misstatement
  • misunderstanding
  • myth
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • sophism
  • sophistry
  • story
  • superstition
  • tale
  • untruth

idea

  • abstraction
  • acme
  • aim
  • ambition
  • apex
  • apotheosis
  • apprehension
  • approximation
  • archetype
  • aspiration
  • assumption
  • beau ideal
  • belief
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • brain wave
  • brainchild
  • brainstorm
  • caprice
  • chimera
  • classic
  • clue
  • cogitation
  • cognition
  • conceit
  • concept
  • conception
  • conclusion
  • conjecture
  • conviction
  • culmination
  • delusion
  • design
  • desire
  • destination
  • doctrine
  • dream
  • eidolon
  • embodiment
  • end
  • epitome
  • essence
  • estimate
  • example
  • exemplar
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • feeling
  • flash
  • form
  • freak
  • gage
  • gauge
  • goal
  • grail
  • guess
  • guideline
  • hallucination
  • hint
  • holy grail
  • hope
  • hunch
  • hypothesis
  • ideal
  • illusion
  • image
  • import
  • impression
  • incarnation
  • inkling
  • inspiration
  • intellection
  • intent
  • intention
  • interpretation
  • intimation
  • judgment
  • kink
  • manifestation
  • mark
  • meaning
  • mind
  • mirror
  • model
  • name of the game
  • nirvana
  • nonesuch
  • nonpareil
  • notion
  • object
  • objective
  • observation
  • opinion
  • paradigm
  • paragon
  • patron saint
  • pattern
  • peak
  • perception
  • personification
  • phantasm
  • phantom
  • picture
  • pink
  • pinnacle
  • plan
  • plot
  • point
  • preconception
  • prejudice
  • premonition
  • prepossession
  • presentiment
  • pretension
  • principle
  • project
  • purpose
  • quintessence
  • reason
  • reflection
  • role model
  • rule
  • scheme
  • sense
  • significance
  • solution
  • speculation
  • standard
  • suggestion
  • summit
  • supposition
  • surmise
  • suspicion
  • target
  • teaching
  • terminus
  • theory
  • thing
  • thought
  • touchstone
  • understanding
  • vagary
  • view
  • viewpoint
  • whim
  • wish
  • zenith

ideation

  • anticipation
  • apprehending
  • attention
  • brainstorm
  • brainstorming
  • brainwork
  • cerebration
  • chimera
  • cogitation
  • cognition
  • concluding
  • consideration
  • considering
  • contemplation
  • contrivance
  • creativity
  • daydream
  • deducing
  • deduction
  • deliberation
  • delusion
  • deriving
  • discerning
  • dream
  • envisaging
  • excogitation
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • fantasy
  • fecundity
  • fertility
  • figment
  • hallucination
  • heed
  • hope
  • idea
  • illusion
  • imagination
  • imaginativeness
  • inducing
  • inferring
  • ingenuity
  • inspiration
  • introspection
  • intuition
  • invention
  • inventiveness
  • judging
  • judgment
  • knowing
  • logic
  • meditation
  • mirage
  • musing
  • opinion
  • originality
  • perceiving
  • phantasm
  • phantasy
  • pipe dream
  • rationalization
  • rationalizing
  • realizing
  • reason
  • reasoning
  • reflection
  • regard
  • resourcefulness
  • rumination
  • scrutiny
  • seeing
  • speculation
  • study
  • theorization
  • thinking
  • understanding
  • versatility
  • visualization

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