imagination

[ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn] / ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /

NOUN

power to create in one's mind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistry awareness fancy fantasy idea image imagery ingenuity insight inspiration intelligence inventiveness originality resourcefulness thought vision wit

STRONG

acuteness chimera cognition conception creation creativity enterprise fabrication ideality illusion invention notion perceptibility realization sally supposition thoughtfulness unreality verve visualization wittiness

WEAK

creative thought flight of fancy mental agility

Antonyms

STRONGEST

concrete fact ignorance inability reality truth

STRONG

death

WEAK

being entity existence material substance

Example Sentences

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The moonwalk is also a tribute to the power of imagination.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“Saturday Night Live” still sparks the imagination and drives the conversation after all these years because it’s writer-focused.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

A strategy dependent on ever-increasing complexity and labor is a failure of imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A display featuring a large skull first captured his imagination.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Her imagination took leap after leap, and all the while she kept her eye on the clock.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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