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imagination

/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/noun5 syllables

Imagination means: the ability to form mental images of things or events.

Synonyms for imagination14

noun, as in the ability to form mental images of things or events

imaging, imagery, mental imagery

noun, as in the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

imaginativeness, vision

noun, as in the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

resource, resourcefulness

also used for imagination

creativity, fancy, invention, inventiveness, conception, notion, imagining

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What does imagination mean?3

noun

1

the ability to form mental images of things or events“he could still hear her in his imagination”

2

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”

3

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems“a man of resource”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with imagination?60

two syllables

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Imagination in a sentence

  • I will never date you, not by any stretch of the imagination.mccarras
  • With the power of imagination, we can even travel through space.avandivai
  • Success in life requires some authenticity, some imagination and a great deal of luck.Objectivesea
  • Close your eyes, relax and let your imagination and emotions run freely.carlosalberto
  • If order is the pleasure of reason, disorder is the delight of imagination.DJ_Saidez
  • Good people provoke patience, bad people provoke imagination.mutskt
  • Is it my imagination, or are you avoiding me?sundown
  • Through the power of imagination, we can travel through the universe.sundown

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Forms of imagination

as a noun

plural
imaginations