illusion

Other forms of illusion

plural

illusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about illusion

What does illusion mean?

illusion means "an erroneous mental representation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illusion?

illusion has 3 syllables: il-lu-sion. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈluʒən/.

What is another word for illusion?

Close synonyms include semblance, fantasy, phantasy, fancy, delusion. 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.

Is illusion a common word?

illusion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with illusion?

4 words rhyme with illusion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.