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Definition of chimera : 1. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

Synonyms:

fancy, delusion, rainbow, castle in the air, pipe dream, dream, fabrication, fantasy, bubble, chimaera, real

Dracula, werewolf, apparition, bugbear, succubus, illusion, myth, ghost, shadow, hobgoblin, specter, daemon, incubus, Frankenstein, bogey man, nightmare, monster, phantasm, phantom, spirit, ogre, ghoul, terror, bugaboo, horror, vampire

Usage examples:

• An enlightened reader laughs at the inconsistent chimera of our author, of a people universally luxurious, and at the same time oppressed with taxes and declining in trade. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.
• Bellerophon hesitated not a moment, but assured the king that he would either slay this dreaded Chimera or perish in the attempt. - "Journeys Through Bookland V2", Charles H. Sylvester.
• Thus to win the favors of Madame Marneffe was to him not merely the realization of his chimera, but, as has been shown, a point of pride, of vanity, of self- satisfaction. - "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.