Synonyms for chimera
kɪˈmɪər ə, kaɪ-chimera

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1. chimeranoun

   (usually chimaera) A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.

   Synonyms:
   ratfish, rabbitfish, ghost shark

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1. Chimera, Chimaeranoun

   (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

   Synonyms:
   chimaera

2. chimera, chimaeranoun

   a grotesque product of the imagination

   Synonyms:
   chimaera

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1. chimeranoun

   Synonyms:
   illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, phantom, dream, idle fancy, creature of the imagination

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1. chimeranoun

   Synonyms:
   delusion, phantom, hallucination, illusion

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1. List of paraphrases for "chimera":

   figment, fantasy, illusion

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How to use chimera in a sentence?

1. Robert Raben:

   Justice Stephen Breyer may pine for a time that never was -- a fantasy era when judicial selection wasn't political, that's a chimera, and we on the left need to accept the fact that if you're assigned a bill number and marked up in a committee, it's Supreme Court confirmation politics.