Synonyms of conceiving

conceiving 1 of 2

adjective

as in impregnated

Related Words

• impregnated
• gestational
• brooding
• pregnant
• childbearing
• prenatal
• expecting
• caught
• parturient
• gravid
• expectant
• gone
• big
• enceinte
• heavy
• quick

Dissimilar Words

• nonpregnant
• infertile
• barren
• miscarrying
• delivered
• aborting

conceiving

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verb

present participle of conceive

1

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of

it takes an idealist to conceive a world without war, and an activist to make it happen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• envisioning
• seeing
• picturing
• dreaming
• visualizing
• envisaging
• fancying
• fantasizing
• visioning
• featuring
• contemplating
• planning
• fantasying
• ideating
• imaging
• conjuring (up)
• conceiting
• reflecting
• inventing
• daydreaming
• reliving
• foreseeing
• pondering
• hallucinating
• projecting
• concocting
• manufacturing
• ruminating
• re-creating
• meditating
• musing
• reminiscing
• stargazing
• fabricating
• prefiguring
• making up

2

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

I cannot conceive the reason for such pointless vandalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knowing
• understanding
• deciphering
• comprehending
• recognizing
• seeing
• grasping
• appreciating
• getting
• perceiving
• realizing
• apprehending
• making
• assimilating
• sensing
• discerning
• intuiting
• cognizing
• seizing
• registering
• beholding
• decoding
• compassing
• digging
• catching
• tumbling (to)
• catching on (to)
• grokking
• making out
• savvying
• twigging
• fathoming
• absorbing
• picking up on
• digesting
• cottoning (to or on to)
• taking in
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• mistaking
• misinterpreting
• misunderstanding
• misreading
• misconstruing
• misconceiving
• misperceiving
• misapprehending

3

as in thinking

to have as an opinion

I just can't conceive that he would have lied

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinking
• believing
• imagining
• considering
• figuring
• guessing
• supposing
• feeling
• deeming
• perceiving
• judging
• holding
• regarding
• allowing
• esteeming
• assuming
• reckoning
• accepting
• viewing
• relying
• depending
• presuming
• trusting
• inferring
• presupposing
• deducing
• concluding
• surmising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• discrediting
• mistrusting
• disbelieving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conceiving

Verb

Doctors estimate the odds of conceiving spontaneous identical quadruplets at roughly 1 in 15 million. — Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 21 July 2026

The best intentions absolutely go out the window, for almost any writer, when faced with the reality of conceiving an entire world; what to include, what to cut, what is absolutely necessary and what can be left in an older draft. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

After conceiving the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990, Rowling spent the next five years mapping out her highly successful series. — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

In conceiving Season 2, Saeed must have realized that Jagannathan is Deli Boys’ true star. — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026

The global policy chief for OpenAI was reportedly involved in conceiving the group. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

About 15% of couples in the United States have trouble conceiving, and more than half of those couples have a male infertility problem, according to Yale Medicine. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 15 June 2026

Most people who become infected never develop symptoms, but if a person becomes infected for the first time during pregnancy or shortly before conceiving, the parasite can cross the placenta and infect the fetus. — Dr. Megan Yanny, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026

Women of ideal reproductive age who are infertile, while others in their 40s have no problem conceiving. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 May 2026