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

2 of 2

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

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

Bischofberger is credited with conceiving the idea for Warhol to do portrait commissions of people in his circle. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 May 2026

But the odds of conceiving identical triplets without fertility treatments are more like one in 1,000,000. —Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

The odds of conceiving identical triplets without fertility treatment are closer to 1 in 1,000,000. —Ryan Brennan april 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026

The odds of conceiving identical triplets naturally fall closer to 1 in 1,000,000. —Ryan Brennan april 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

Experts recommend discontinuing cannabis use at least three months prior to conceiving to allow the body to generate a full cycle of healthy sperm. —Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026

The next and crucial step would be conceiving of and setting up power-generating utilities to light buildings and make machines and factories run. —Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

The married couple teamed as creative partners on the unique project with Sagal credited as conceiving the concept and leading it while Sutter is handling the book and staging. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026