Verb
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?"
conceive of ,
ideate ,
envisage
create by mental act ,
create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
envision ,
fancy ,
image ,
picture ,
visualise ,
visualize ,
figure ,
project ,
see picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
visualise ,
visualize make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"
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 bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
fantasy ,
fantasise ,
fantasize indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
woolgather ,
daydream ,
dream ,
stargaze have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
imagine -
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"
think ,
opine ,
suppose ,
reckon ,
guess
anticipate ,
expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
suspect imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive" ; "I surmised that the butler did it"
