mirage

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
2. noun An illusion.
3. verb To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

Similar words

light fiction utopia fantasy illusion delusion self-deception fallacy self-delusion rainbow

Often followed by

of in and is that or which iii

Word family

mirages