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

Toset says the cause is often benign, but an exam and sometimes imaging can distinguish a stone from another problem with the gland. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Before your next screening, call your imaging center with two concrete questions. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Verb

Ask a professional to check the walls with a thermal imaging camera to identify where insulation is lacking. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2026

The agency is developing the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a future space mission with the goal of directly imaging Earth-like planets around nearby stars and identifying signs of life in the universe. — Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026