/ Thesaurus / W Synonyms of wishful thinking Find synonyms for: Noun1. wishful thinking, illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancyusage: the illusion that what you wish for is actually trueWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: supine Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language