Synonyms of imaging

imaging 1 of 2

noun

as in visualization

Related Words

• visualization
• fiction
• fabrication
• concoction
• invention
• envisaging
• utopia
• idea
• cloudland
• nightmare
• fable
• cloud-cuckoo-land
• brainchild
• mirage
• pipe dream
• Shangri-la
• illusion
• ignis fatuus
• hallucination
• unreality
• chimera
• vision
• delusion
• daydream
• dream
• will-o'-the-wisp
• phantasm
• fantasy
• daymare
• conceit
• figment
• fancy
• nonentity

Dissimilar Words

• fact
• reality
• actuality

imaging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of image

1

as in depicting

to present a picture of

in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicting
• portraying
• representing
• describing
• picturing
• rendering
• documenting
• sketching
• delineating
• outlining
• showing
• illustrating
• silhouetting
• diagramming
• caricaturing

2

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• depicting
• portraying
• rendering
• painting
• setting out
• sketching
• characterizing
• illustrating
• delineating
• drawing
• defining
• picturing
• reporting
• limning
• recounting
• labeling
• relating
• outlining
• representing
• summarizing
• showing
• displaying
• telling
• narrating
• demonstrating
• tracing
• exhibiting
• qualifying
• suggesting
• hinting
• reciting
• reimaging
• rehearsing
• summing up
• drafting
• vignetting
• silhouetting
• touching off
• redescribing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorting
• coloring
• twisting
• warping
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• perverting
• misstating
• misdescribing
• garbling

3

as in reflecting

to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would

the burnished chrome fixtures imaged the jewelry store's glittery merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reflecting
• mirroring
• cloning
• copying
• reproducing
• replicating
• duplicating
• imitating
• repeating
• reduplicating

4

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of

anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• seeing
• envisioning
• visualizing
• picturing
• dreaming
• conceiving
• visioning
• featuring
• planning
• conjuring (up)
• conceiting
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• fancying
• fantasying
• contemplating
• ideating
• reflecting
• manufacturing
• daydreaming
• stargazing
• hallucinating
• reliving
• pondering
• projecting
• musing
• ruminating
• reminiscing
• inventing
• meditating
• foreseeing
• re-creating
• making up
• concocting
• fabricating
• prefiguring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imaging

Noun

Such systems could support future wireless communication technologies operating beyond today’s networks, while also enabling portable imaging devices, chemical sensing systems, industrial inspection tools, and advanced remote-sensing platforms. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

Though the mural, which depicts a man in a headdress holding a spear, had been removed for conservation in 2004, the team relied on advanced imaging techniques to reconstruct both the work and its surrounding architecture. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Verb

Some evidence suggests GLP-1s could help slow cartilage breakdown, although this study did not include imaging to prove that. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 June 2026

For the first time in that field, imaging AI became available. — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026