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

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

No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported). — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Bond villain Hugo Drax) imagines a vast, floating city suspended in darkness, inhabited by immortal beings who, out of boredom, begin tinkering with the construct of time. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

The framing imagines women as a unified bloc, a sleeping giant that, properly motivated, will deliver a decisive blow to whichever party has most recently offended them. — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Surprisingly, this is not entirely where the film is going; a little before the halfway mark, the Minions mess up yet again (leaving a vacuum, one imagines, the Three Stooges will soon fill). — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026