figment

fig·ment

noun \ˈfig-mənt\

Definition of FIGMENT

: something made up or contrived

Examples of FIGMENT

1. <unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination>
2. <thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers>

Origin of FIGMENT

Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere to shape — more at dough

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to FIGMENT

Synonyms: chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, illusion, nonentity, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

Antonyms: fact, materiality, reality

Related Words: ignis fatuus, mirage, will-o'-the-wisp; brainchild, idea; concoction, fable, fabrication, fiction, invention; envisaging, imaging, visualization; cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, Shangri-la, utopia; daymare, nightmare

Near Antonyms: actuality, fact, reality

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Rhymes with FIGMENT

pigment