IMAGINATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
   Synonym(s)
   • imaginativeness (what does imaginativeness mean?)
   • vision (what does vision mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • popular imagination created a world of demons
   • imagination reveals what the world could be
   Hypernyms(s) imagination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • creativity (what does creativity mean?)
   • creativeness (what does creativeness mean?)
   • creative thinking (what does creative thinking mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • imaginary place (what does imaginary place mean?)
   • mythical place (what does mythical place mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • fantasy (what does fantasy mean?)
   • phantasy (what does phantasy mean?)
   • dream (what does dream mean?)
   • dreaming (what does dreaming mean?)
   • imaginary being (what does imaginary being mean?)
   • imaginary creature (what does imaginary creature mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • imagine (what does imagine mean?)
   • conceive of (what does conceive of mean?)
   • ideate (what does ideate mean?)
   • envisage (what does envisage mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
   Synonym(s)
   • resource (what does resource mean?)
   • resourcefulness (what does resourcefulness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a man of resource
   Hypernyms(s) imagination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inventiveness (what does inventiveness mean?)
   • ingeniousness (what does ingeniousness mean?)
   • ingenuity (what does ingenuity mean?)
   • cleverness (what does cleverness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • armory (what does armory mean?)
   • armoury (what does armoury mean?)
   • inventory (what does inventory mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the ability to form mental images of things or events
   Synonym(s)
   • imagery (what does imagery mean?)
   • imaging (what does imaging mean?)
   • mental imagery (what does mental imagery mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he could still hear her in his imagination
   Hypernyms(s) imagination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • representational process (what does representational process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • mind’s eye (what does mind’s eye mean?)
   • vision (what does vision mean?)
   • picturing (what does picturing mean?)
   • envisioning (what does envisioning mean?)
   • dream (what does dream mean?)
   • dreaming (what does dreaming mean?)
   • chimera (what does chimera mean?)
   • chimaera (what does chimaera mean?)
   • evocation (what does evocation mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • make-believe (what does make-believe mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • visualize (what does visualize mean?)
   • visualise (what does visualise mean?)
   • envision (what does envision mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • visualize (what does visualize mean?)
   • visualise (what does visualise mean?)
   • envision (what does envision mean?)
   • project (what does project mean?)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • imagine (what does imagine mean?)
   • conceive of (what does conceive of mean?)
   • ideate (what does ideate mean?)
   • envisage (what does envisage mean?)