1
as in dreams
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in apparitions
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
believed he'd seen a vision of his mother
Synonyms & Similar Words
as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
visioned her idea of the perfect meal
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of visions
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront dark corners of his past.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
British live-fire cook Genevieve Taylor didn’t start out romanticizing cooking over an open flame, with visions of industry cred or Michelin stars dancing in her head.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Confident and sprawling, the album found the band’s — and especially Freddie Mercury’s — wildest visions coming to life.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
As Maryland faces mounting challenges — from population loss and rising energy costs to billion-dollar budget deficits and struggling public schools — Republican candidates for governor will lay out their visions for what comes next.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
New York’s Jewish community faces two very different visions of safety.
—Audrey Sasson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Deep down, the different approaches flow from contrasting visions of human nature.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Macabre possibilities haunted us at night, Piranesian visions of dungeons and interrogation chambers.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Such is the difference between playoff team with championship visions and play-in team with a potential off-ramp into the draft lottery.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront dark corners of his past.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
British live-fire cook Genevieve Taylor didn’t start out romanticizing cooking over an open flame, with visions of industry cred or Michelin stars dancing in her head.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Confident and sprawling, the album found the band’s — and especially Freddie Mercury’s — wildest visions coming to life.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
As Maryland faces mounting challenges — from population loss and rising energy costs to billion-dollar budget deficits and struggling public schools — Republican candidates for governor will lay out their visions for what comes next.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
New York’s Jewish community faces two very different visions of safety.
—Audrey Sasson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Deep down, the different approaches flow from contrasting visions of human nature.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Macabre possibilities haunted us at night, Piranesian visions of dungeons and interrogation chambers.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visions
Noun
-
Still, India is pushing its aviation dreams, with Modi leading the charge.—
Aishwarya S Iyer,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
-
And many of these companies’ AI dreams are tied up in OpenAI, which just exited a massive deal with Disney to try to secure its place in Hollywood.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Acosta’s bright shapes could be seen as apparitions of a sort.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
-
On top of these apparitions, a human foe, whose motives for committing a crime seem rather nebulous, also exists.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
The series’ first real twist is that the paranoid conspiracy Rachel imagines is in fact a bait-and-switch for what’s going on here.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
-
Shah then enters with a verse that imagines a more just country.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
-
Somehow, reality was even better than our fantasies.—
Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
The vice president of the Gardner PTA, Oralia Rodriguez, even brought ice cream to campus in an effort to lift spirits.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
-
Pernod Ricard has spent recent years moving away from wine and toward spirits, including the December sale of Mumm Napa to Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits.—
Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
The shakeup is part of NASA's overhaul of its Artemis campaign as the space agency envisions launching more missions before and after a historic moon landing.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
-
In Kfar Giladi, Zeevi envisions distant hope.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
But then, over the course of several viewings, new recognitions dawned—on the social contract, illusions of class, and the artist’s deft use of color in this gorgeous study of red, white, and blue.—
Laura Brown,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Even the most die-hard anti-American cleric in the Iranian political system did not harbor illusions that Iran could defeat the United States in conventional ways.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
That’s how ghosts come to haunt a place.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Of course, ne’er-do-wells saw an opportunity to dress up and commit crimes as ghosts.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Visions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visions. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
