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

Those discoveries led to the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, or NMR, in the 1940s and eventually to its application for imaging in the 1970s.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
May noted that imaging below the surface by agency staff showed a distinct plume of highly polluted wastewater rising from deep underground, where injection took place.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of imaging

Verb

Only during the last 12 or 13 months did the team really start imagining ways to bring the phrase to life.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
And for a genre that has spent decades imagining women’s unsatisfied desires as a threat, that opens up some interesting possibilities.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagining

Noun

By July 22nd, Semon Rezchikov, of Barnard College, had created a visualization of the counterexample using only high-school-level mathematics.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
TechCrunch reported that the new features moved apparel visualization out of retailer pages and into mainstream AI chats, giving chatbot fitting rooms a mass-market interface.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of visualization

Verb

In early 1976, Sidney Gibson tried at least twice to make the balloon a centerpiece of a small summer fair, envisioning thousands of people coming to marvel at and ride in the balloon.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
In an effort to offer something new — and help secure its permanence — the duo are ramping up Cole’s’ culinary offerings, envisioning a return to the kind of dining that might draw guests downtown.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of envisioning

Noun

The team used those models to guide fabrication and optimize the final device.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Beyond wafer fabs Singapore is the regional leader in semiconductors, hosting fabrication plants for companies like Micron Technology and GlobalFoundries.

— Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of fabrication

Verb

If this sort of shotgun approach to local targeting is a relatively unfamiliar phenomenon in political circles, football fans have long grown used to seeing ads for things that are essentially irrelevant to their own interests.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
In fact, resilient optimism begins with seeing the problem clearly.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of seeing

Noun

Installations blur the line between archival documentation and fiction.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Goebbels interviewed Wessel’s grieving mother and wrote of Jaenichen and Wessel as childhood sweethearts, as though their story was from romance fiction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fiction

Verb

With the country rebuilding after an earthquake and going through its first democratic handover of power, Wen starts picturing a life beyond his hometown.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
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

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