Synonyms of delusional

delusional

adjective

1

as in illusory

Related Words

• illusory
• hallucinatory
• delusive
• surreal
• imaginary
• deceptive
• fanciful
• fictional
• fictitious
• unreal
• phantasmagoric
• chimerical
• make-believe
• mythical
• phantom
• hypothetical
• phantasmal
• visionary
• fantasied
• romantic
• imagined
• ideal
• invented
• notional
• phantasmic
• unbelievable
• daydreamlike
• legendary
• theoretical
• pretend
• made-up
• imaginal
• unlikely
• unconvincing
• abstract
• fabled
• fabulous
• fantastic
• envisioned
• nonexistent
• fictive
• conceived
• visualized
• concocted
• feigned
• pictured
• envisaged
• fabricated
• inexistent

Dissimilar Words

• true
• genuine
• authentic
• factual
• realistic
• convincing
• physical
• verifiable
• believable
• substantial
• solid
• real
• actual
• corporeal
• tangible
• material
• palpable
• verified
• existing
• existent

2

as in delusionary

Related Words

• delusionary
• paranoid
• schizophrenic
• neurotic
• schizoid
• paranoiac
• delirious
• obsessive-compulsive
• sociopathic
• disordered
• disturbed
• aberrant
• unstable
• uptight
• psychopathic
• worried
• high-strung
• psychotic
• demented
• anxious
• overanxious
• bothered
• maniacal
• nervous
• deranged
• distressed
• irrational
• restless
• insane
• crazed
• eccentric
• unbalanced
• uneasy
• unquiet
• mad
• psycho
• jittery
• unsettled
• jumpy
• nutty
• mental
• unhinged
• unreasonable
• daft
• oddball
• skittish
• tense
• nuts
• unsound
• batty
• strange
• bonkers
• obsessed
• non compos mentis
• loco
• brainsick
• pixilated
• odd
• crazy
• fixated
• queer
• wud
• bats

Dissimilar Words

• possessed
• rational
• relieved
• equal
• reasonable
• relaxed
• peaceful
• level
• undisturbed
• cool
• serene
• composed
• collected
• unperturbed
• smooth
• tranquil
• untroubled
• clear
• placid
• unruffled
• unshaken
• lucid
• limpid
• sedate
• sane
• unneurotic
• sound
• together
• tranquilized
• balanced
• unworried
• self-possessed
• coolheaded
• recollected
• self-composed
• compos mentis
• uncrazy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of delusional

The manuscript Wayne read to us that night chronicled his involvement with Gloria Swanson, the towering star of Hollywood’s Golden Age who enjoyed latter-day acclaim in 1950 playing a delusional has-been in Sunset Boulevard. — Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

O’Donnell’s characters are usually fresh out of divorces and staying afloat on waves of delusional self-confidence and optimism. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Allen was delusional and confused in videos the jurors saw, the appeal says, but the jury was not allowed to hear the audio. — Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2026

Defense lawyer Joshua O’Hara, previewing testimony from a defense psychiatrist, told jurors in an opening statement that Eaton was suffering from a delusional, psychotic disorder after losing his job at a credit union two weeks before the shooting. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

But delusional disorder is defined as something experienced for at least a month—not as a breaking-point response to indignities, to use Bilinkas’s language. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Simply put, to think that ChatGPT alone is enough to overcome these scientific and institutional hurdles is delusional. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

In a July communication to Indiana State Police, Chipman, the prosecutor, described a history that included alcohol abuse, hallucinations and delusional thinking. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

In February, Patrick Collison told TBPN there was a reasonable chance Q1 2026 would be remembered as the first quarter of the singularity, adding that in hindsight the claim might look completely delusional. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026