delusory

1. 1.

   causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

   “deceptive calm”

   “a delusory pleasure”

   Synonymsdeceptive

   Similarunreal

Questions about delusory

What does delusory mean?

delusory means "causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true".

How many syllables are in delusory?

delusory has 4 syllables and divides as de-lu-so-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for delusory?

Close synonyms include deceptive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.