Word Meanings - ILLUSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder. Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination,

Additional info about word: ILLUSION

A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder. Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever. 4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc. Syn. -- Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See Delusion. Illusion, Delusion. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards. (more info) 1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination. To cheat the eye with blear illusions. Milton. 2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! Pope.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ILLUSION)

• Cheat
• Deception
• fraud
• imposition
• trick
• artifice
• illusion
• imposture
• swindle
• finesse
• deceit
• lie
• fiction
• Sham
• Phantom
• ghost
• delusion
• mockery
• shadow
• pretence
• counterfeit
• unreality
• Show
• Appearance
• exhibition
• demonstration
• parade
• pomp
• semblance
• likeness
• pretext
• profession

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ILLUSION)

• Enlighten
• guide
• remunerate
• compensate
• undeceive
• disabuse
• Expose
• unmask
• detect

Related words: (words related to ILLUSION)

• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• DETECTOR BAR
  A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.
• ARTIFICER
  A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• FINESSE
  The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2. (more info) 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ILLUSIONABLE
  Liable to illusion.
• GHOSTLESS
  Without life or spirit.
• TRICK
  The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice
• GHOSTOLOGY
  Ghost lore. It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.
• TRICKISH
  Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
• CHEATABLE
  Capable of being cheated.
• UNDECEIVE
  To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.
• TRICKERY
  The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• TRICKING
  Given to tricks; tricky. Sir W. Scott.
• SWINDLER
  One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. Syn. -- Sharper; rogue. -- Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages.
• ILLUSIONIST
  One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• SELF-DELUSION
  The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
• ESCHEATOR
  An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill.
• DEFRAUD
  To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing
• STRICKLE
  An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core. (more info) 1. An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike. 2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.