illusory
adjectiveHow many syllables in illusory?
There are 4 syllables in the word illusory.How to pronounce illusory:
Definition of illusory:
- illusory (adjective):
- seeming to be true, but actually false
- based on or producing illusion deceptive
- based on or having the nature of an illusion.
Synonyms for illusory:
abstract
apparent
chimeric
chimerical
deceitful
deceptive
delusional
delusive
fabled
fallacious
false
fanciful
fantasied
fantastical
fictional
fictitious
hallucinatory
hypothetical
ideal
imaginal
imaginary
imagined
invented
make-believe
misleading
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Antonyms for illusory:
aboveboard
absolute
accurate
actual
as it really happened
authentic
blunt
bona fide
bonafide
candid
certain
circumstantial
clear
concreate
confirmed
convincing
correct
credible
creditable
dinkum
direct
down-to-earth
exact
existent
existing
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- illuminer
- ilegible
- ignoramus
- idonia
- idolatry
- idiocy
- identical
- idalia
- ichthyophagist
- hypothesised
- hypoglossal
- hypodermic
- hypobaric
- hypertrophy
- hyperbolic
- hydroxyzine
- hydropower
- hydroelectric
- humidity
- hopelessly
- homosapiens
- homologous
- homogenised
- homemaker
- histrionics
- historical
- historian
- hirsutism
- hieroglyphics
- hieroglyphic
- hezekiah
- hexagonal
- heterotroph
- hesperia
- herodotus
- hermaphrodite
- hepatitis
- hemoptysis
- hemoglobin
- hemarthrosis
- helicopters
- helianthus
- hedonistic
- hectically
- harriet
- haleakala
- habitual
- habitable
- gynoecium
- gustatory
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