vision synonyms

vision

n.

  1. The faculty of sight

    sight, perception, perceiving, range of view, optics, eyesight.

  2. Understanding

    foresight, discernment, breadth of view, insight, penetration, intuition, divination, astuteness, keenness, foreknowledge, prescience, farsightedness; see also acumen.

  3. Something seen through powers of the mind

    imagination, poetic insight, fancy, fantasy, image, concept, conception, ideality, idea; see also thought 1, 2.

  4. Something seen by other than normal sight

    revelation, hallucination, trance, ecstasy, phantom, apparition, ghost, wraith, specter, apocalypse, nightmare, spirit, warlock; see also fantasy 2, illusion 1.

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