Synonyms for envision

Most common

imagine · dream · realize · visualize · foresee · envisage

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

Forms

Past participle

envisioned
e.g. envisioned → imagined, visualized, seen, realized…

Example sentences

• imagine We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
• dream The time will come when your dream will come true.
• realize I realize I don't actually really need a sailboat.
• visualize I want you to close your eyes and visualize it.
• foresee No one can foresee how that result will turn out.
• envisage Can you envisage Tom working in a garage?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

see¹

5 letters

dream¹, image², fancy²

6 letters

figure², vision²

7 letters

project², picture², imagine³, realize³, realise³, foresee²

8 letters

envisage³

9 letters

visualize³, visualise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (image² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

envisager

Español

encarar

Deutsch

ansehen