Synonyms for chimera
Most common
illusion phantom delusion phantasm monster ghost shark motley crew bogeyman
All synonyms
Noun
1. Phantasm
phantasm, phantom, illusion, dream, delusion, fantasy, hallucination, apparition, vision
Other
monster, ghost shark, bogeyman, motley crew, rabbitfish, ratfish, bixie
Definitions
- n. 1
Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
Related words
- Word family
- chimeral chimeric chimerical
- Other spellings
- chimaera
Forms
- Plural
- chimeras → phantasms, phantoms, illusions, dreams…
Example sentences
- illusion This created an illusion that was hard to explain.
- phantom The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.
- delusion That girl's under the delusion that she's a princess.
- monster One who is blinded by love admires even a monster.
By length
- 5 letters
- dream1, bixie
- 6 letters
- vision2
- 7 letters
- fantasy3, monster2, phantom2, ratfish
- 8 letters
- illusion3, delusion3, bogeyman3, phantasm3
- 10 letters
- apparition4, rabbitfish
- 13 letters
- hallucination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vision2 = 2 syllables).