mirage
Meaning of mirage
noun
- an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.
the surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages
early 19th century: from French, from se mirer ‘be reflected’, from Latin mirare ‘look at’.
Information about mirage
- It is a name.
- The plural form of mirage is: mirages.
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Hyphenation of mirage
mi-rage
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- mirage is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
mirage synonyms
Meaning an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present:
Meaning a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream:
Meaning a ghost or ghostlike image of a person:
Meaning the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things:
Meaning a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve:
Meaning an illusion:
Meaning an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition:
Meaning an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder:
Meaning a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding:
Meaning an illusion, apparition, or ghost:
Translation of mirage
Anagrams of mirage
gamier, imager, maiger, Margie
Words that rhyme with mirage
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