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Synonyms & Similar Words
deception
delusion
fantasy
hallucination
mirage
misconception
misapprehension
misunderstanding
fallacy
error
misconception
fantasy
specter
apparition
phantasm
chimera
dream
vision
fancy
imagination
misinterpretation
misperception
trick
ruse
subterfuge
artifice
stratagem
illusionment
false impression
misconception
self-deception
mistaken belief
false notion
erroneous idea
distorted view
warped perception
misguided thought
mistaken assumption
false assumption
misbelief
fallaciousness
erroneousness
deceptiveness
delusiveness
fantasticality
hallucinatory
spectral
apparitional
phantasmal
chimerical
dreamlike
visionary
fanciful
imaginative
misinterpreted
misperceived
deceptive
tricky
artful
cunning
crafty
sly
subtle
ingenious
clever
adroit
skillful
deceptive
illusory
delusory
fallacious
erroneous
mistaken
misguided
distorted
warped
false
untrue
misleading
unreal
fancied
imagined
visionary
idealistic
romantic
quixotic
unrealistic
unpractical
impractical
utopian
mythical
mythological
legendary
fabled
fictional
fictitious
fabricated
manufactured
concocted
invented
created
made-up
pretended
feigned
simulated
affected
assumed
imagined
supposed
putative
ostensible
apparent
seeming
superficial
surface
outward
external
extrinsic
pretended
pseudo
sham
spurious
bogus
counterfeit
fake
forged
false
untrue
mendacious
dishonest
duplicitous
double-dealing
deceitful
cunning
crafty
sly
insidious
treacherous
perfidious
traitorous
untrustworthy
unreliable
unfaithful
disloyal
faithless
inconstant
capricious
fickle
mercurial
volatile
unpredictable
undependable
unsteady
unstable
variable
inconstant
changeful
changable
protean
shape-shifting
kaleidoscopic
changing
shifting
unsettled
unestablished
unfixed
indefinite
indeterminate
uncertain
unsure
ambiguous
vague
obscure
unclear
indistinct
hazy
fuzzy
ill-defined
ambiguous
enigmatic
mysterious
mystifying
puzzling
perplexing
baffling
confusing
disconcerting
disturbing
unsettling
unnerving
disquieting
perturbing
troublesome
annoying
irritating
vexing
galling
exasperating
infuriating
maddening
frustrating
disappointing
disheartening
discouraging
depressing
despondent
hopeless
despairing
desperate
despondency
desperation
helplessness
powerlessness
impotence
futility
uselessness
ineffectiveness
ineffectualness
inefficacy
fruitlessness
barrenness
unproductiveness
unfruitfulness
sterility
aridity
desolation
desolateness
bleakness
starkness
harshness
grimness
somberness
gloominess
dreariness
dullness
monotony
uniformity
sameness
tediousness
tiresomeness
wearisomeness
exhaustiveness
laboriousness
toilsomeness
drudgery
plodding
ploddiness
dullness
heaviness
weightiness
oppressiveness
crushingly
overwhelmingness
overpoweringness
devastativeness
destructiveness
ruinousness
calamitousness
disastrousness
catastrophic
cataclysmic
apocalyptic
devastating
destructive
ruinous
calamitous
disastrous
catastrophic
cataclysmic
apocalyptic
desolating
bleak
harsh
grim
somber
gloomy
dreary
dull
monotonous
uniform
tedious
tiresome
exhausting
laborious
toilsome
plodding
heavy
weighty
oppressive
crushing
overwhelming
devastating
destructive
ruinous
calamitous
disastrous
catastrophic
cataclysmic
apocalyptic
illusory
deceptive
false
unreal
misleading
untrustworthy
unreliable
unfaithful
disloyal
faithless
inconstant
capricious
fickle
mercurial
volatile
unpredictable
undependable
unsteady
unstable
variable
inconstant
changeful
changable
protean
shape-shifting
kaleidoscopic
changing
shifting
unsettled
unestablished
unfixed
indefinite
indeterminate
uncertain
unsure
ambiguous
vague
obscure
unclear
indistinct
hazy
fuzzy
ill-defined
ambiguous
enigmatic
mysterious
mystifying
puzzling