HALLUCINATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HALLUCINATION?

Need another word that means the same as “hallucination”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “hallucination” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hallucination” are: delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, vision, apparition, mirage, chimera, fantasy, dream, daydream

Hallucination as a Noun

Definitions of "Hallucination" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hallucination” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea.
• An object perceived during a hallucinatory episode.
• An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.
• Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder.

Synonyms of "Hallucination" as a noun (10 Words)

apparition	An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly. I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter.
chimera	(in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera.
daydream	A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one’s attention from the present. She was lost in a daydream.
delusion	The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas. He has delusions of competence.
dream	A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality. Her new man s an absolute dream.
fantasy	A fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes. It is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented.
figment of the imagination	A contrived or fantastic idea.
illusion	A false idea or belief. They have the illusion that I am very wealthy.
mirage	An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air. The surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages.
vision	The images seen on a television screen. The runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision.

Usage Examples of "Hallucination" as a noun

• He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination.
• His dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination.
• He continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations.

Associations of "Hallucination" (30 Words)

agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. She was wringing her hands in agitation.
amnesia	Partial or total loss of memory. They were suffering from amnesia.
bewilderment	A feeling of being perplexed and confused. There was bewilderment at the shift of government policy.
bipolar	Of a person suffering from bipolar disorder. A sharply bipolar division of affluent and underclass.
chimerical	Being or relating to or like a chimera- Douglas Bush. His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.
confusion	An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended. The army retreated in confusion.
delusion	An erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary. He has delusions of competence.
dementia	A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
disarray	A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. Her grey hair was in disarray.
disorder	Bring disorder to. Recurrent food crises led to outbreaks of disorder.
dream	Have a daydream indulge in a fantasy. He dreamt a strange scene.
excitement	Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled.
fantasy	Something many people believe that is false. His researches had moved into the realms of fantasy.
forgetfulness	Lapse of memory. His forgetfulness increased as he grew older.
hallucinatory	Characterized by or characteristic of hallucination. A hallucinatory drug.
illusion	The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas. He had no illusions about the trouble she was in.
imagination	The part of the mind that imagines things. Imagination reveals what the world could be.
indecision	Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action. Government indecision over the future of local taxation.
insane	Shocking; outrageous. Insane laughter.
mania	Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity. Many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong.
megalomania	Delusion about one’s own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).
mystification	Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
neurosis	A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction. Freud s two stage account of neurosis.
oblivion	Total forgetfulness. His name will fade into oblivion.
paranoia	Unjustified suspicion and mistrust of other people. Mild paranoia afflicts all prime ministers.
paranoiac	A person afflicted with paranoia. The violent defensiveness of the paranoiac is directed against all who challenge his power.
paranoid	A person who is paranoid. Paranoid schizophrenia.
psychosis	A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. The symptoms of psychosis.
schizophrenia	A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. Gibraltar s schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride.
surreal	Having the qualities of surrealism bizarre. The incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature.