71 Synonyms & Antonyms For IMAGINE

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Definitions imagine [ih-maj-in] / ɪˈmædʒ ɪn / VERB dream up, conceive Synonyms STRONG brainstorm conceptualize create depict devise envisage envision fabricate fancy fantasize fantasy feature figure form frame harbor image invent nurture perceive picture plan project realize scheme spark visualize WEAK build castles in air conjure up cook up make up pipe dream see in one's mind think of think up vision Antonyms STRONG break destroy disregard ignore neglect ruin tell the truth WEAK know VERB assume, deduce Synonyms STRONG apprehend believe conjecture deem expect fancy gather guess infer presume realize reckon suppose surmise suspect think understand WEAK take for granted take it Antonyms STRONG calculate disbelieve ignore know lose measure misunderstand neglect

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‘You got me out of the river. You got me all the way up here. You even fetched my things. I can’t imagine... I mean, that was brave.’

From Literature

I couldn’t help imagining how each business might make its wares more appealing.

From Literature

It’s not hard to imagine the relationship Helen thinks we ought to have: two eighteen-year-old girls living in Washington, borrowing cardigans and hairbrushes, drinking sodas at the end of a shift.

From Literature

Recent megamergers in Hollywood have all been followed by extensive job cuts, leading many analysts to say they can’t imagine how this deal would play out much differently.

From MarketWatch

"You can imagine the outcome I eventually hope for -- but it doesn't need to be that."

From Barron's

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apprehend assume assumes bargain for believe believes cogitate compose conceive conceive conjecture construct constructs creates create daydream deem deeming deduce devise doubt doubts doubted dream dream up dreams dreamt empathize entertain envisage/envision envisaged envisions envisions envisages envision expects expect fantasizing fantasize feign gather harboring harbor invent made believe make believe misdoubt opine opined picture pipe dream play-act play-acting plot posit posits prefigure pretend produces produce project projects ratiocinate realize realizes repute say says see see suppose suppose supposes supposes surmise suspects suspect take takes think think trust understand visualize what if

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