imagination

Nouns

  • (n) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
    • popular imagination created a world of demons
    • imagination reveals what the world could be
    imaginativeness, vision,
  • (n) the ability to form mental images of things or events
    • he could still hear her in his imagination
    imagery, imaging, mental imagery,
  • (n) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
    • a man of resource
    resourcefulness, resource,

Synonyms

imaginativeness vision imagery imaging mental imagery resourcefulness resource

Words of close approximity

imaginative
imagination image