| imagine | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ envision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ envision, foresee | picture to oneself; imagine possible.; "I cannot envision him as President" |
| ~ fantasise, fantasize | portray in the mind.; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" |
| ~ prefigure | imagine or consider beforehand.; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured" |
| ~ think | imagine or visualize.; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" |
| ~ fantasise, fantasize, fantasy | indulge in fantasies.; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" |
| ~ daydream, dream, woolgather, stargaze | have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think | expect, believe, or suppose.; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ suspect | hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty.; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" |
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