illusion

English Thesaurus

1. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers (noun.act)

hypernym	:	performance,
definition	:	the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment (noun.act)

hyponym	:	card trick,
definition	:	a trick performed with playing cards (noun.act)

hyponym	:	prestidigitation, sleight of hand,
definition	:	manual dexterity in the execution of tricks (noun.act)

2. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

3. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	misconception,
definition	:	an incorrect conception (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	bubble,
definition	:	an impracticable and illusory idea (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp,
definition	:	an illusion that misleads (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	wishful thinking,
definition	:	the illusion that what you wish for is actually true (noun.cognition)

4. an erroneous mental representation (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	appearance,
definition	:	a mental representation (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow,
definition	:	something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	irradiation,
definition	:	the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	phantom limb,
definition	:	the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated (noun.cognition)

5. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers (noun.act)

derivation	:	conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator,
definition	:	someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience (noun.person)

derivation	:	charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly,
definition	:	possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers (adj.all)

6. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas (noun.act)

derivation	:	cozen, deceive, delude, lead on,
definition	:	be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)

7. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize,
definition	:	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation)

derivation	:	fantasise, fantasize, fantasy,
definition	:	indulge in fantasies (verb.creation)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)

derivation	:	illusive, illusory,
definition	:	based on or having the nature of an illusion (adj.all)

8. an erroneous mental representation (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)

9. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers (noun.act)

derivation	:	conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator,
definition	:	someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience (noun.person)

derivation	:	charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly,
definition	:	possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers (adj.all)

10. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas (noun.act)

derivation	:	cozen, deceive, delude, lead on,
definition	:	be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)

11. something many people believe that is false (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize,
definition	:	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb.creation)

derivation	:	fantasise, fantasize, fantasy,
definition	:	indulge in fantasies (verb.creation)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)

derivation	:	illusive, illusory,
definition	:	based on or having the nature of an illusion (adj.all)

12. an erroneous mental representation (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	illusional, illusionary,
definition	:	marked by or producing illusion (adj.all)