Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options given:
Charlie was fond of living in the world of illusions.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → reality
- An illusion is a false idea or impression, something that seems real but is not. Charlie liked to live in a world of his own imagination.
Example: He was under the illusion that he would become rich overnight. - Reality is the state of things as they actually are. What is false and what is true are opposites, so reality is the antonym of illusion. Illusion comes from the Latin illudere (to mock, to play with) and reality from the Latin res (thing): a trick of the mind against the thing itself.
Example: After the holiday, he had to face reality again.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: delusion — Incorrect. A delusion is a false belief held firmly in spite of the facts; it is close to illusion in meaning.
Example: He suffers from the delusion that everyone admires him.
Option 2: hallucination — Incorrect. A hallucination is seeing or hearing something that is not there; it is also something unreal.
Example: The high fever caused hallucinations.
Option 3: apparition — Incorrect. An apparition is a ghost or ghost-like image; it too belongs to the unreal.
Example: She claimed to have seen an apparition in the old fort.
| Synonyms (Illusion) | Antonyms (Illusion) |
|---|---|
| delusion | reality |
| hallucination | actuality |
| fantasy | fact |
| mirage | truth |