Imagination

//ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən//

Synonyms for "imagination" (66 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

creativity apparition brain brainchild bubble chimera conceit daydream delirium eidolon fancy

Noun(3 words)

imaginativeness conception creativity

Strong matches (19)

Noun(4 words)

fancy imagery imaging imagining

fantasque fantasy fiction figment figment of the imagination flight of fancy hallucination idle fancy illusion imagery imaginativeness imagining ingenuity insight inspiration

Related words (33)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

8 entries

cleverness creative thinking creativeness creativity ingeniousness ingenuity inventiveness representational process

Antonyms

1 entries

real

Synonyms

2 entries

creativity resource

causes desire

1 entries

write story

derived

12 entries

by any stretch of the imagination by no stretch of imagination by no stretch of the imagination counterimagination figment of one's imagination imaginational imaginationless leave little to the imagination leave nothing to the imagination leave to the imagination misimagination reimagination

is a

3 entries

creativity more important thatn knowledge representational process

part of

1 entries

mind

related to

23 entries

brain brain though creative creative thought creativity creator daydream dream dream creator head image imagine imagined in head make make up

Showing 16 of 23 words.

used for

2 entries

discover world feel better

Translations

182 translations across 78 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

verbeelding noun (image-making power of the mind)
verbeelding noun (construction of false images)
verbeelding noun (mental image)

Albanian

1 entries

imagjinatë noun (image-making power of the mind)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

φαντασία noun (image-making power of the mind)
ἐπίνοια noun (image-making power of the mind)

Arabic

4 entries

تَخَيُّل noun (image-making power of the mind)
تَصَوُّر noun (image-making power of the mind)
خَيَّال noun (image-making power of the mind)
صُورَة ذِهْنِيَّة noun (mental image)

Armenian

3 entries

երեւակայություն noun (image-making power of the mind)
երեւակայություն noun (construction of false images)
մտապատկեր noun (mental image)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

təxəyyül noun (image-making power of the mind)
xəyal noun (image-making power of the mind)

Bashkir

1 entries

хыял noun (image-making power of the mind)

Belarusian

4 entries

выабражэ́нне noun (image-making power of the mind)
выабражэ́нне noun (mental image)
выабражэ́ньне noun (image-making power of the mind)
выабражэ́ньне noun (mental image)

Bengali

1 entries

কল্পনা noun (image-making power of the mind)

Bulgarian

2 entries

въображе́ние noun (image-making power of the mind)
въображе́ние noun (mental image)

Burmese

2 entries

စိတ်ကူး noun (image-making power of the mind)
စိတ်ကူးဉာဏ် noun (image-making power of the mind)

Catalan

1 entries

imaginació noun (image-making power of the mind)

Cebuano

1 entries

handurawan noun (image-making power of the mind)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

خەیاڵ noun (mental image)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

想像力 noun (image-making power of the mind)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

想像 noun (construction of false images)
想像力 noun (image-making power of the mind)

Czech

1 entries

představivost noun (image-making power of the mind)

Danish

3 entries

fantasi noun (image-making power of the mind)
forestillingsevne noun (image-making power of the mind)
indbildning noun (image-making power of the mind)

Dutch

4 entries

fantasie noun (image-making power of the mind)
verbeelding noun (image-making power of the mind)
verbeelding noun (construction of false images)
verbeelding noun (mental image)

Esperanto

1 entries

imago noun (image-making power of the mind)

Estonian

1 entries

ettekujutus noun (image-making power of the mind)

Finnish

4 entries

kuvittelu noun (construction of false images)
mielikuva noun (mental image)
mielikuvitus noun (image-making power of the mind)
mielikuvitus noun (construction of false images)

French

1 entries

imagination noun (image-making power of the mind)

Galician

1 entries

imaxinación noun (image-making power of the mind)

Georgian

3 entries

ფანტაზია noun (image-making power of the mind)
წარმოდგენა noun (image-making power of the mind)
წარმოსახვა noun (image-making power of the mind)

German

4 entries

Einbildung noun (mental image)
Einbildungskraft noun (image-making power of the mind)
Fantasie noun (image-making power of the mind)
Imagination noun (image-making power of the mind)

Greek

2 entries

φαντασία noun (image-making power of the mind)
φαντασίωση noun (mental image)

Hebrew

1 entries

דִּמְיוֹן noun (image-making power of the mind)

Hindi

2 entries

कल्पना noun (image-making power of the mind)
तसव्वुर noun (image-making power of the mind)

Hungarian

2 entries

képzelet noun (image-making power of the mind)
képzelet noun (mental image)

Icelandic

2 entries

ímyndun noun (mental image)
ímyndunarafl noun (image-making power of the mind)

Indonesian

3 entries

imajinasi noun (image-making power of the mind)
imajinasi noun (construction of false images)
imajinasi noun (mental image)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

تَخَیُّل noun (image-making power of the mind)
تَصَوُّر noun (image-making power of the mind)
خِیال noun (image-making power of the mind)
مُخَیِّلِه noun (image-making power of the mind)

Irish

2 entries

íomháineacht noun (image-making power of the mind)
íomháineacht noun (construction of false images)

Italian

1 entries

immaginazione noun (image-making power of the mind)

Japanese

4 entries

想像 noun (construction of false images)
想像 noun (mental image)
想像力 noun (image-making power of the mind)
空想 noun (construction of false images)

Kazakh

1 entries

қиял noun (image-making power of the mind)

Khmer

1 entries

រូបាទ្យារម្មណ៍ noun (image-making power of the mind)

Korean

2 entries

상상 noun (construction of false images)
상상력 noun (image-making power of the mind)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кыял noun (image-making power of the mind)

Lao

1 entries

ຈິນຕະນາການ noun (image-making power of the mind)

Latin

1 entries

opinio noun (image-making power of the mind)

Latvian

1 entries

iztēle noun (image-making power of the mind)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vaizduotė noun (image-making power of the mind)

Macedonian

4 entries

воо́бразба noun (image-making power of the mind)
воо́бразба noun (construction of false images)
воо́бразба noun (mental image)
имагина́ција noun (image-making power of the mind)

Malay

1 entries

imaginasi noun (image-making power of the mind)

Middle English

4 entries

ymaginacioun noun (image-making power of the mind)
ymaginacioun noun (construction of false images)
ymaginacioun noun (creativity; resourcefulness — see also creativity)
ymaginacioun noun (mental image)

Mongolian

1 entries

төсөөлөл noun (image-making power of the mind)

Māori

2 entries

pohewatanga noun (image-making power of the mind)
pohewatanga noun (mental image)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

xeyal noun (image-making power of the mind)

Norwegian

2 entries

fantasi noun (image-making power of the mind)
innbilning noun (image-making power of the mind)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

hugleik noun (image-making power of the mind)

Old English

2 entries

gedwimor noun (image-making power of the mind)
mōdes hīwung noun (image-making power of the mind)

Pashto

4 entries

تخيل noun (image-making power of the mind)
تصور noun (image-making power of the mind)
خيال noun (image-making power of the mind)
مخيله noun (image-making power of the mind)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Enbildunk noun (image-making power of the mind)

Polish

4 entries

fantazja noun (image-making power of the mind)
imaginacja noun (image-making power of the mind)
urojenie noun (construction of false images)
wyobraźnia noun (image-making power of the mind)

Portuguese

3 entries

imaginação noun (image-making power of the mind)
imaginação noun (construction of false images)
imaginação noun (mental image)

Romanian

4 entries

fantezie noun (image-making power of the mind)
forță de imaginare noun (image-making power of the mind)
iluzionare noun (construction of false images)
imaginare noun (construction of false images)

Russian

3 entries

воображе́ние noun (image-making power of the mind)
воображе́ние noun (construction of false images)
воображе́ние noun (mental image)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

mac-meanmna noun (image-making power of the mind)
mac-meanmna noun (construction of false images)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

imaginácija noun (image-making power of the mind)
màšta noun (image-making power of the mind)
имагина́ција noun (image-making power of the mind)
ма̀шта noun (image-making power of the mind)

Slovak

1 entries

predstavivosť noun (image-making power of the mind)

Slovene

1 entries

domišljija noun (image-making power of the mind)

Spanish

3 entries

imaginación noun (image-making power of the mind)
imaginación noun (mental image)
magín noun (image-making power of the mind)

Swahili

1 entries

ubunifu noun (image-making power of the mind)

Swedish

4 entries

fantasi noun (image-making power of the mind)
fantasi noun (mental image)
inbillning noun (image-making power of the mind)
inbillning noun (construction of false images)

Tagalog

2 entries

haraya noun (image-making power of the mind)
imahinasyon noun (image-making power of the mind)

Tajik

3 entries

мухайяла noun (image-making power of the mind)
тахайюл noun (image-making power of the mind)
хаёл noun (image-making power of the mind)

Tamil

1 entries

கற்பனை noun (image-making power of the mind)

Tatar

1 entries

хыял noun (image-making power of the mind)

Thai

1 entries

จินตนาการ noun (image-making power of the mind)

Turkish

4 entries

hayal noun (image-making power of the mind)
hayal gücü noun (image-making power of the mind)
imgelem noun (image-making power of the mind)
muhayyile noun (image-making power of the mind)

Turkmen

1 entries

hyýal noun (image-making power of the mind)

Ukrainian

4 entries

уя́ва noun (image-making power of the mind)
уя́ва noun (mental image)
уя́влення noun (image-making power of the mind)
уя́влення noun (mental image)

Urdu

4 entries

تَخَیُّل noun (image-making power of the mind)
تَصَوُّر noun (image-making power of the mind)
خَیال noun (image-making power of the mind)
مُخَیِّلَہ noun (image-making power of the mind)

Uyghur

1 entries

خىيال noun (image-making power of the mind)

Uzbek

2 entries

taxayyul noun (image-making power of the mind)
xayol noun (image-making power of the mind)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sự hình dung noun (image-making power of the mind)
sự tưởng tượng noun (image-making power of the mind)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.

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With the power of imagination, we can even travel through space.

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It's just your imagination.

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Music feeds our imagination.

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