CONCEITS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

conceits 1 of 2

noun

plural of conceit

as in metaphors

an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music

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as in illusions

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality his dream of swimming in the Olympics is nothing more than a conceit

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conceits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of conceit, chiefly dialect

as in imagines

to form a mental picture of after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day

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Recent Examples of conceits

Noun

The high-wire act that followed—in which performers had to make these bland conceits into something funny without, ostensibly, preparing any jokes in advance—introduced a tension that made sketch shows feel sedate and uneven by comparison. — Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 It is shockingly invested in a sense of security, from songs about taking a five-year relationship to the next level to tried-and-true musical and lyrical conceits. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 This might actually be the first Yoshi platformer to not fully embrace a unique arts-and-crafts aesthetic in quite some time, considering how much Yoshi's Crafted World and Yoshi's Woolly World leaned fully into their papercraft and yarn conceits, respectively. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026 Canet has to do some gymnastics to sell several of his conceits, and a few reveals land with the thud of too-easy convenience. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 There’s something about those ideas that are big, silly, cinematic, surreal conceits that drew me in. — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025 All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceits

Noun

The best moments on records like Redemption, Blackheart, and Second Line use her knack for grand, metaphysical metaphors to charge her singing with epic stakes.

— Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Even Jeff, post-premiere, has been a delight, just kind of letting the game play out and not foisting metaphors upon us at Tribal Council.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of metaphors

Noun

Pokémon cards, a pricey Ferrari shirt and a touristy museum of illusions.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
When the team built a setup to directly quantify real-time heat flux alongside electrical output, the theoretical illusions collapsed.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of illusions

Verb

Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagines

Verb

The draft plan envisions a multimodal spine and community corridor, with opportunities to preserve historic features while improving connections throughout the area.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Hegseth affiliates with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, or CREC, whose leader identifies as a Christian Nationalist, envisions a theonomous America where women are denied the right to vote and has defended the institution of slavery.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of envisions

Noun

The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
His search gradually shifts from extraterrestrial fantasies toward the invisible outsiders living among us on Earth.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasies

Verb

But there is still hope in a season with 13 games left and Super Bowl dreams flickering.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreams

Noun

The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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