vision

Main Entry:
vision [vizh-uhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability to perceive with eyes
Synonyms: eyes, eyesight, faculty, optics, perceiving, perception, range of view, seeing, sight, view
Antonyms: blindness, sightlessness
Main Entry: vision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: apparition
Synonyms: apocalypse, chimera, delusion, ecstasy, fantasy, ghost, hallucination, haunt, illusion, mirage, nightmare, oracle, phantasm, phantom, phenomenon, presence, prophecy, revelation, specter, spirit, spook, trance, warlock, wraith
Antonyms: actuality, fact, reality
Main Entry: vision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very beautiful thing or person
Synonyms: angel*, dazzler, dream, eyeful, feast for the eyes, perfect picture, picture, sight, sight for sore eyes, spectacle, stunner
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Vision.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light
Synonyms:
-nouns
vision, sight, optics, eyesight., view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, stare, leer; perlustration, contemplation; conspection, conspectuity; regard, survey;introspection; reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy; ocular inspection, ocular demonstration; sight-seeing., point of view; gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower., field of view; theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon; commanding view, bird's eye view; periscope., visual organ, organ of vision; eye; naked eye, unassisted eye; retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white; optics, orbs; saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes., short sight; clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye; perspicacity, discernment; catopsis., eagle, hawk; cat, lynx; Argus., evil eye; basilisk, cockatrice [Mythical].
-verbs
see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken; get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of; command a view of; witness, contemplate, speculate; cast the eyes on, set the eyes on; be a spectator of; look on (be present); see sights (curiosity); see at a glance (intelligence)., look, view, eye; lift up the eyes, open one's eye; look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round; survey, scan, inspect; run the eye over, run the eye through; reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon; direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance., observe (attend to); watch (care); see with one's own eyes; watch for (expect); peep, peer, pry, take a peep; play at bopeep., look full in the face, look hard at, look intently; strain one's eyes; fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon; stare, gaze; pore over, gloat on; leer, ogle, glare; goggle; cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.
-adjectives
seeing; visual, ocular; optic, optical; ophthalmic., clear-eyedsighted; eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed., visible.
-adverbs
visibly; in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush; prima facie.
-phrases
the scales falling from one's eyes; "an eye like Mars to threaten or command" [Hamlet]; "her eyes are homes of silent prayer" [Tennyson]; "looking before and after" [Hamlet]; "thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes" [Milton].
Antonyms: blindness
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Main Entry: acumen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability to understand and reason
Synonyms: acuity, acuteness, astuteness, awareness, brains, brilliance, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, discernment, discrimination, farsightedness, good taste, grasp, guile, ingenuity, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, keenness, perception, percipience, perspicacity, perspicuity, refinement, sagacity, sensitivity, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, smarts, understanding, vision, wisdom, wit
Notes: acumen suggests that keenness relates to a person's mind, whereas acuity suggests that it relates to a person's performance; acumen is something that a person has, whereas acuity is something that a person displays
Antonyms: denseness, ignorance, inability, ineptness, obtuseness, stupidity
Main Entry: appearance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outward show; pretense
Synonyms: aura, beard, blind, countenance, dream, facade, front, guise, idea, illusion, image, impression, mirage, phenomenon, reflection, screen, seeming, semblance, sound, specter, vision
Antonyms: reality
Main Entry: beauty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: good-looking person
Synonyms: Adonis, Apollo, Venus, beaut, charmer, dream, dreamboat, enchanter, eyeful, good-looker, head turner, looker, ornament*, stunner, vision
Antonyms: dog
Main Entry: creativity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: artistry
Synonyms: cleverness, genius, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness, talent, vision
Main Entry: daydream
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fantasy thought of when awake
Synonyms: castle in the air, conceiving, dream, fancy, fancying, figment of imagination, fond hope, fool's paradise, head trip, imagination, imagining, in a zone, mind trip, musing, phantasm, phantasy, pie in the sky, pipe dream, reverie, stargazing, trip*, vision, wish, woolgathering
Antonyms: reality
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