Synonyms of imagined

imagined 1 of 2

adjective

as in imaginary

not real and existing only in the imagination

got needlessly upset about imagined dangers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imaginary
• fictional
• fictitious
• fantasied
• mythical
• imaginal
• invented
• ideal
• chimerical
• unreal
• make-believe
• phantom
• fanciful
• pretend
• notional
• fantastic
• theoretical
• visionary
• phantasmal
• unlikely
• envisioned
• made-up
• phantasmic
• hypothetical
• legendary
• fabulous
• romantic
• fabled
• envisaged
• visualized
• conceived
• abstract
• pictured
• unbelievable
• illusory
• unconvincing
• hallucinatory
• concocted
• deceptive
• fictive
• delusive
• feigned
• nonexistent
• delusional
• phantasmagoric
• fabricated
• daydreamlike
• inexistent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actual
• real
• true
• existing
• genuine
• existent
• authentic
• realistic
• factual
• physical
• convincing
• believable
• verifiable
• substantial
• tangible
• solid
• corporeal
• material
• palpable
• verified

imagined

2 of 2

verb

past tense of imagine

1

as in envisioned

to form a mental picture of

she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• envisioned
• dreamed
• pictured
• saw
• conceived
• envisaged
• fantasized
• visualized
• visioned
• contemplated
• fancied
• featured
• planned
• fantasied
• imaged
• conceited
• conjured (up)
• daydreamed
• ideated
• reflected
• pondered
• mused
• relived
• foresaw
• hallucinated
• invented
• reminisced
• projected
• concocted
• ruminated
• meditated
• manufactured
• prefigured
• stargazed
• made up
• re-created
• fabricated

2

as in thought

to have as an opinion

I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thought
• believed
• guessed
• considered
• felt
• figured
• supposed
• deemed
• conceived
• perceived
• judged
• assumed
• reckoned
• held
• allowed
• esteemed
• viewed
• regarded
• accepted
• presumed
• relied
• surmised
• depended
• trusted
• concluded
• deduced
• presupposed
• inferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspected
• doubted
• questioned
• rejected
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• discredited
• disbelieved

3

as in guessed

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guessed
• assumed
• thought
• supposed
• suspected
• presumed
• surmised
• speculated
• conjectured
• believed
• suspicioned
• expected
• concluded
• daresaid
• inferred
• deduced
• hypothesized
• theorized
• gathered
• conceived
• judged
• reckoned
• hypothecated
• took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• demonstrated
• documented
• determined
• learned
• validated
• ascertained
• substantiated
• found out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imagined

Adjective

Drawn to the tactile and familiar qualities of paper, Teo uses playful forms and visual metaphors to transform everyday subjects and construct whimsical, imagined worlds. — New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The production was full of nostalgia for an imagined past when the small screen was more ascendant and apolitical, with tributes to Charlie’s Angels and Dolly Parton shirking any embrace of the form’s progressive history. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

The summer before, so many Black men and Black children and Black women had been murdered for the most meager of real or imagined offenses. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Recipe development can be a self-effacing task, obliging the writer to anticipate the appetites and routines of her imagined reader. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Johnson plays Monroe at the height of her fame while Burstyn stars as an imagined version of Monroe later in life. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

And this year’s menu reflects some through-the-years favorites, including some that have been re-imagined. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Excess doorways were removed and replaced with new casework—the removal of some doorways allowed some spaces to be re-imagined, creating reading nooks or quiet collaboration spaces. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

The thing is, whale songs are not necessarily about death, but about loss of identity — as an imagined mother, as a person with hopes for what life may hold. — Caroline Cherston, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

Yet its most acclaimed, and valuable, such set imagined a fictional conflict. — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Could my grandparents have imagined working as social media influencers? — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

With Alexa Plus, Amazon has taken a big step toward the ambient smart home the company has imagined for over a decade. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026

That means being creative-first, audience-focused, tech-forward and globally scaled – building a thriving ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced by audiences of all ages, everywhere. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Curated by Catherine Howe and Libby Sellers, the show celebrates the stage and set designs Hadid imagined for contemporary dance, classical opera and pop music. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Atlanta artist Robell Awake never imagined his work might be in featured in his hometown art museum one day. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026

As an adolescent, Winston could hardly have imagined the cascading effect of his shrewd eye for color and clarity. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026

But what chance would American soldiers have against a country whose military doctrine has already imagined active resistance in populated areas, backed by citizens who could potentially provide intelligence, surveillance and other forms of support? — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026