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

Need another word that means the same as “mirage”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “mirage” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Mirage” are: hallucination, phantasmagoria, apparition, fantasy, chimera, trick, vision

Mirage as a Noun

Definitions of "Mirage" as a noun

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

• An optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects.
• An unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved.
• Something illusory and unattainable.
• 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.

Synonyms of "Mirage" as a noun (7 Words)

apparition	The appearance of a ghostlike figure. Natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger.
chimera	Fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head and a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail; daughter of Typhon. The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera.
fantasy	Something many people believe that is false. Look at their dedication to fantasy leagues and the enormous minutiae of the stats they memorize.
hallucination	Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder. He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination.
phantasmagoria	A sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream. What happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery.
trick	A mischievous practical joke. He did conjuring tricks for his daughters.
vision	The images seen on a television screen. Madame was a vision in black velvet.

Usage Examples of "Mirage" as a noun

• The surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages.
• The hope of sanctuary initially proved a mirage.

Associations of "Mirage" (30 Words)

aberration	An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image. Colour aberrations.
abnormality	Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality. Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality.
adolescent	An adolescent boy or girl. Adolescent insecurity.
anomaly	Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule. The position abounds in anomaly.
aside	A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. He pushed his plate aside.
aurora	A natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole The effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere In northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or Northern Lights and aurora australis or Southern Lights.
beam	Express with a beaming face or smile. Notice how broad in the beam she s getting.
bending	The act of bending something.
bias	Give a bias to. You are biasing my choice by telling me yours.
chandelier	Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.
deflection	The property of being bent or deflected. A deflection from his goal.
deviation	Deviate behavior. Deviation from a norm.
digression	A message that departs from the main subject. A digression into irrelevant details.
divagation	A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern.
divergence	An infinite series that has no limit. The divergence between primates and other groups.
diverse	Many and different. Celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan.
diversion	The action of reallocating something. Our chief diversion was reading.
eccentric	A disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward and forward motion e g a cam in an internal combustion engine. He noted her eccentric appearance.
gleam	A faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something. The gleam of hope vanished.
glimmer	A slight suggestion or vague understanding. He saw a faint glimmer of light from her window.
glisten	(of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light. There was a glisten of perspiration across her top lip.
glow	The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. A glow of regret.
iridescent	Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors. A dragonfly hovered vibrating and iridescent.
parenthesis	A word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas. The three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis.
rainbow	An arch of colours visible in the sky caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun s light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere The colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet. Chasing rainbows.
refraction	Measurement of the focusing characteristics of an eye or eyes.
shimmer	Give off a shimmering reflection as of silk. The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
sidetrack	Divert (a project or debate) away from a central issue or previously determined plan. A development well drilled in the south west field is flowing at thousands of barrels a day after being sidetracked.
sparkle	Shine brightly with flashes of light. Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head.
twinkle	(of a person’s feet) move lightly and rapidly. There s a perpetual twinkle in his eyes.