imagination

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Creativity; resourcefulness.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

Synonyms

fancy
B1
fantasy
B2
thought
A1
💭
supposition
34k
vision
B1
creativity
C2
fantasia
35k
dream
A2
😴💭
resourcefulness
46k
phantasy
imaginativeness
memory
B1
conception
C2
wish
A1
reverie
49k
guess
A1
desire
B1

mind’s eye

mind
A1
make-believe
C2
inventiveness
imagery
C2
resource
C2
daydream
23k
hallucination
C2
hope
A1
idea
A1
💡
imaging
C2
originality
27k
reflection
C1
thinking
A1
🤔

mental imagery

hypothesis
C2
hypothetical
C2
affection
C1
ideation
if
A1
illusion
C1
fancifulness
imaginary
C1
experience
A2
autism
C2
imagining
C1
ingeniousness
ingenuity
C2
intellect
C2
intention
B2
invention
C1
expectation
C2
escapism
Translations

imagination
immaginazione
imaginación
verbeelding
imaginação

φαντασία

fantaisie
Vorstellungskraft
Einbildungskraft
Vorstellung
💡
Imagination
Fantasie
fantasia
Phantasie
Einbildung
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
ymaginacioun
In summary

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

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