ENVISAGING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in imaging

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verb

present participle of envisage

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard

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Recent Examples of envisaging

Verb

Swift, who was deeply learned, was envisaging a nightmare world in which reading and writing — the essential foundation of wit and wisdom — are replaced by a flashy simulation of human knowledge. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisaging

Noun

Thermocouples and calibrated infrared imaging were used for the thermal measurements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
By re-creating the papyri with inks containing varying amounts of lead, the researchers found that X-ray imaging could more easily detect ink with lead — present in some of the ancient scrolls — than nonmetallic ink.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of imaging

Verb

The 10-year-old who started The Cote News isn’t ready to stop seeing a blank page and imagining how to fill it with the right words, with stories, with humor and with heart.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Musgraves found comfort in imagining Parton reuniting with her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagining

Noun

Ahead of New York Fashion Week, Google partnered with designers Jane Wade and Sergio Hudson to develop and test two fashion-specific tools for pre-show styling and runway visualization in beta mode through its Flow AI creative studio.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
For me, one of the most shocking things was the data visualization screens which show ICE activity everywhere across the country.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of visualization

Verb

The exterior might have many fans envisioning the famous taxi cab pulling up to the house, as depicted in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s opening credits.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
The Olmsted Brothers completed plans for it in 1906, envisioning its broad landscaped median as an extension of Baltimore’s park system connecting major green spaces.

— Lawrence Bell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioning

Verb

That this particular kind of writing — and of seeing and explaining the world to readers — is going away with Swed, is truly a tragedy.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
How Floridians who seek compensation for damages from their insurers are seeing their claims rejected more often, in the wake of the sharp new limits on their ability to sue.

— Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seeing

Noun

But good fiction requires novelists to step beyond niceness and toward some richer mix of curiosity and compassion.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Doyle, who limped through a medical career before turning to a life of crime fiction at the age of twenty-seven, had studied under Bell in the late 1870s, marveling at the doctor’s careful reasoning and indefatigable intuition.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of fiction

Verb

Consider techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, body scanning, box breathing, or even picturing your thoughts as clouds that are receding into the distance.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Two years ago, the royal spoke at the same gathering, against a backdrop of cell phone lock screens picturing children whose mental health had been affected by social media.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

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