Synonyms and antonyms of Something that is not real or true in British Thesaurus

falsehood (noun)

formal the fact of being not true

fantasy (noun)

a state or situation that is not true or real

myth (noun)

something that people wrongly believe to be true

illusion (noun)

an appearance or effect that is different from the way that things really are

imaginings (noun)

situations or ideas that exist in your mind but are not real

fraud (noun)

something that is not what people claim it is, and is designed to trick people

hallucination (noun)

the experience of seeing or hearing something that is not really there

mirage (noun)

something that seems to be real or true but is not really so

a figment of your imagination ()

something that you have imagined or invented and therefore does not really exist

optical illusion (noun)

something that looks very different from what it really is, usually because of the way that it is drawn or lit

apparition (noun)

formal a strange image or creature that someone sees

cardboard cut-out (noun)

a person in a book, play, film etc who does not seem very real

counterfactual (noun)

a description or examination of what might have happened if events had been different

falsity (noun)

formal the fact that something is not true or real

fancy (noun)

literary imagination, or something that you imagine or dream about

phantasm (noun)

literary something that you imagine you see but that is not real

phantasmagoria (noun)

literary a scene that is like something you see in a dream

phantasy ()

an old spelling of ‘fantasy’

phantom (noun)

something that you imagine but that is not real

sham (noun)

something that people pretend is good, serious, or honest but is really not

simulacrum (noun)

very formal an image that represents something

simulation (noun)

something that produces the features of a situation in a way that seems real but is not