Synonyms for imagine
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Suppose
suppose, think, guess, surmise, believe, understand, suspect, take it, assume, presume, reckon, regard, judge, opine, deem, esteem, ween dated
2. Envision
envision, envisage, conceive, create, conjure, invent, fabricate, scheme, devise dated, ideate rare
3. Fancy — to form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind
Other
dream, hallucinate, depicture dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
Try to imagine a pink elephant.
- v. 2
To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
- v. 3
To assume; to suppose.
I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
Related words
- Word family
- imaginability imaginable imaginary imagination imaginative image imagery
- Phrases
- imagine that
Forms
- Past participle
- imagined
e.g. imagined → supposed, guessed, surmised, believed…
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To imagine is to form a mental image of something as existing, tho its actual existence may be unknown, or even impossible.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- believe They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.
- guess I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.
- suppose I suppose we're a little too indulgent to the dog.
- surmise "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
- envision How do you envision using your medical education?
- envisage Can you envisage Tom working in a garage?
By length
- 3 letters
- see1
- 4 letters
- deem1, ween
- 5 letters
- think1, guess1, judge1, image2, dream1, fancy2, opine2
- 6 letters
- figure2, create2, assume2, scheme1, regard2, esteem2, reckon2, invent2, devise2, ideate
- 7 letters
- believe2, project2, picture2, suppose2, suspect2, presume2, conjure2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- conceive2, envision3, envisage3
- 9 letters
- fabricate3, depicture
- 10 letters
- understand3
- 11 letters
- hallucinate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (image2 = 2 syllables).