Synonyms of imagines

imagines

verb

present tense third-person singular of imagine

1

as in envisions

to form a mental picture of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• envisions
• sees
• conceives
• pictures
• dreams
• contemplates
• envisages
• visualizes
• fantasizes
• visions
• features
• fantasies
• fancies
• images
• plans
• conjures (up)
• conceits
• daydreams
• reflects
• ponders
• foresees
• hallucinates
• invents
• ideates
• muses
• reminisces
• ruminates
• relives
• meditates
• manufactures
• concocts
• prefigures
• re-creates
• projects
• fabricates
• stargazes
• makes up

2

as in thinks

to have as an opinion

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinks
• believes
• considers
• feels
• supposes
• deems
• guesses
• figures
• conceives
• perceives
• assumes
• judges
• holds
• reckons
• allows
• esteems
• accepts
• regards
• depends
• presumes
• relies
• presupposes
• concludes
• views
• surmises
• trusts
• infers
• deduces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspects
• doubts
• questions
• distrusts
• rejects
• mistrusts
• discredits
• disbelieves

3

as in assumes

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumes
• guesses
• supposes
• thinks
• presumes
• speculates
• suspects
• surmises
• believes
• conjectures
• suspicions
• concludes
• infers
• expects
• deduces
• daresays
• hypothesizes
• theorizes
• gathers
• conceives
• reckons
• hypothecates
• judges
• takes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• demonstrates
• proves
• establishes
• determines
• documents
• learns
• validates
• substantiates
• finds out
• ascertains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imagines

Gulzar imagines Toba Tek Singh still standing on his swollen feet at the Wagah-Attari border. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Much of the public conversation about wildfire still imagines forests as oversized campfires. — Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Using art to escape into a reality that imagines beauty where there is none is one of the most powerful statements art can make. — William Earl, Variety, 25 July 2026

One imagines someone who wants to feel—and appear—contemporary and stylish; the other imagines someone who wants to seem effortless and understated. — Madelyn Johnson, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Casey imagines America as a crumbling hotel, with each of the album’s nine songs occupying a room haunted by its own uneasy guest. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026

That’s certainly the case in the epic poem The Odyssey, which imagines a push and pull between Athena and her uncle Poseidon over the fate of Odysseus. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026

One imagines Naipaul returning from Jonestown and San Francisco, shaping despair into limber, unforgettable sentences, approaching the absolute terror and humanity of his moment—and none of it mattered. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

The book, by co-creator Joel Sinensky, who is also Jewish, imagines what might happen if a progressive theater company adapted Frank’s life story with that question in mind. — Frank Digiacomo, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026