| Main Entry: | apparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seeming, not proven real |
Synonyms: |
credible, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, semblant, specious, superficial, supposed, suppositious |
Antonyms: |
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hidden, improbable, obscure, questionable, real, uncertain, unclear, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | illusory/illusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, false |
Synonyms: |
apparent, blue-sky, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, fake, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, fictive, hallucinatory, ideal, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, pseudo*, seeming, semblant, sham*, suppositious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, factual, real, sure, true |
| Main Entry: | ostensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alleged, supposed |
Synonyms: |
apparent, avowed, colorable, demonstrative, exhibited, illusive, illusory, likely, manifest, notable, outward, plausible, pretended, professed, purported, quasi, seeming, semblant, so-called, specious, superficial |
Antonyms: |
improbable, obscure, unlikely, vague |
| Main Entry: | seeming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent |
Synonyms: |
appearing, illusive, illusory, ostensible, outward, professed, quasi-, semblant, specious, surface |
Antonyms: |
real, true |
| Main Entry: | illusory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive |
Synonyms: |
Barmecidal, apparent, blue sky, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, fictive, float, hallucinatory, ideal, illusive, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, pipe dream, seeming, semblant, sham, suppositious, supposititious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical |
| Notes: | illusory means based on or having the nature of an illusion; elusive means difficult to describe or skillful at eluding capture |
Antonyms: |
genuine, real |
| Main Entry: | ostensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent |
Synonyms: |
credible, external, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, seeming, semblant, specious, superficial, supposed, suppositious |
| Main Entry: | phantasmagoric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusive |
Synonyms: |
apparent, blue-sky, chimeric, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, fake*, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, fictive, hallucinatory, ideal, illusory, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, phantasmal, phantasmic, pseudo*, seeming, semblant, sham*, suppositious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical |
| Main Entry: | phantasmal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusive |
Synonyms: |
apparent, blue-sky, chimeric, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, fake*, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, fictive, hallucinatory, ideal, illusory, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, phantasmagoric, phantasmic, pseudo*, seeming, semblant, sham*, suppositious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical |
| Main Entry: | phantasmic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusive |
Synonyms: |
apparent, blue-sky, chimeric, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, fake*, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, fictive, hallucinatory, ideal, illusory, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, pseudo*, seeming, semblant, sham*, suppositious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical |