imagination

noun

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.

Creativity; resourcefulness.

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

Roots

imagoimagin- · Latin · image, likeness

Synonyms for imagination

imaginativenessn visionn imageryn figmentn creativityn inventivenessn ingenuityn whimsyn hallucinationn inspirationn

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