Synonyms of castle in the air

castle in the air

phrase

as in dream

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality

He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dream
• idea
• fantasy
• pipe dream
• fantasm
• castle in Spain
• daydream
• illusion
• chimera
• vision
• delusion
• figment
• hallucination
• unreality
• mirage
• phantasm
• conceit
• nightmare
• nonentity
• fancy
• ignis fatuus
• invention
• fabrication
• fiction
• concoction
• brainchild
• fable
• visualization
• will-o'-the-wisp
• cloudland
• utopia
• envisaging
• Shangri-la
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• daymare
• imaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality