illusory

Meaning

Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.

Synonyms

illusive

unreal

deceptive

delusive

phantasmagoric

fancied

subjective

elusive

deceitful

dreamlike

hollow

illusional

imaginary

incredible

make-believe

nonobjective

notional

phantasmal

phantom

phenomenal

pictured

put on

shadowy

specious

spectral

supposititious

tricky

vapoury

visualized

fairily

subtil

chimeral

visualised

catchy

visionnary

colorable

elusory

envisioned

fairy

🧚

fallacious

fanciful

fictional

fraudulent

ghostly

Translations

illusoire

illusorisch

ilusorio

απατηλός

ilusório

illusorio

illusionär

illusori

illusory

chimérique

apatelos

irréel

غرار

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈluːs(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).